#9C232D#9C232D

#9C232D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.156 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C232D
RGB	rgb(156, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 49.40, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 55.47, 27.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.82% 0.145 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(45.82% 0.156 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7867, 8.4617, 3.3368)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C232D #239C92

analogous

#9C236A #9C232D #9C5523

triadic

#9C232D #2D9C23 #232D9C

tetradic

#9C232D #6A9C23 #239C92 #55239C

square

#9C232D #6A9C23 #239C92 #55239C

split-complementary

#9C232D #239C55 #236A9C

monochromatic

#380D10 #6A181F #9C232D #CE2E3B #DB5E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#9C232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9C232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C232D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C232D	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.156 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16966',
    500: '#9c232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c232d;
$custom-light: #c16966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.041,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4582,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C232D

secondary

#5BC0B7

accent

#E6D941

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C232D

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

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