#9C232C#9C232C

#9C232C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.156 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C232C
RGB	rgb(156, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 71.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, 49.35, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 55.70, 27.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% 0.1446 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.156 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7676, 8.4541, 3.2366)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C232C #239C93

analogous

#9C2369 #9C232C #9C5623

triadic

#9C232C #2C9C23 #232C9C

tetradic

#9C232C #699C23 #239C93 #56239C

square

#9C232C #699C23 #239C93 #56239C

split-complementary

#9C232C #239C56 #23699C

monochromatic

#380D10 #6A181E #9C232C #CE2E3A #DB5E68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#9C232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9C232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C232C

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C232C	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)

#47422B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.156 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16965',
    500: '#9c232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c232c;
$custom-light: #c16965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.537,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45804,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C232C

secondary

#5BC0B8

accent

#E6DA41

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C232C

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

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