#9C223D#9C223D

#9C223D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.157 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C223D
RGB	rgb(156, 34, 61)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 60.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, 50.68, 15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 52.92, 16.73°)
OKLab	oklab(46.05% 0.1525 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(46.05% 0.157 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1262, 8.5511, 5.2680)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C223D #229C81

analogous

#9C227A #9C223D #9C4422

triadic

#9C223D #3D9C22 #223D9C

tetradic

#9C223D #7A9C22 #229C81 #44229C

square

#9C223D #7A9C22 #229C81 #44229C

split-complementary

#9C223D #229C44 #227A9C

monochromatic

#380C16 #6A1729 #9C223D #CE2D51 #DC5D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#9C223D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9C223D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C223D

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C223D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C223D	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44423D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c223d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 34, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.157 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06972',
    500: '#9c223d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c223d;
$custom-light: #c06972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c223d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.721,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46048,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C223D

secondary

#5AC0A9

accent

#E7C241

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEC

border

#D1C6C7

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C223D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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