#9C232F#9C232F

#9C232F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.156 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C232F
RGB	rgb(156, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 49.51, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 55.02, 25.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.1458 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.156 21)
XYZ	xyz(14.8261, 8.4775, 3.5444)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C232F #239C90

analogous

#9C236B #9C232F #9C5423

triadic

#9C232F #2F9C23 #232F9C

tetradic

#9C232F #6B9C23 #239C90 #54239C

square

#9C232F #6B9C23 #239C90 #54239C

split-complementary

#9C232F #239C54 #236B9C

monochromatic

#380D11 #6A1820 #9C232F #CE2E3E #DB5E6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#9C232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9C232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C232F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C232F	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.156 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16967',
    500: '#9c232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c232f;
$custom-light: #c16967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.05,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45854,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.08475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C232F

secondary

#5BC0B6

accent

#E6D641

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C232F

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

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