#9C232A#9C232A

#9C232A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.157 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C232A
RGB	rgb(156, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.88, 49.26, 27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.88, 56.19, 28.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.1438 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.157 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7309, 8.4394, 3.0434)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C232A #239C95

analogous

#9C2366 #9C232A #9C5923

triadic

#9C232A #2A9C23 #232A9C

tetradic

#9C232A #669C23 #239C95 #59239C

square

#9C232A #669C23 #239C95 #59239C

split-complementary

#9C232A #239C59 #23669C

monochromatic

#380D0F #6A181D #9C232A #CE2E37 #DB5E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#9C232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9C232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C232A

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C232A	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.157 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16963',
    500: '#9c232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c232a;
$custom-light: #c16963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.529,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45773,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C232A

secondary

#5BC0BA

accent

#E6DD41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBEA

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C232A

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

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