#9C233E#9C233E

#9C233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.156 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C233E
RGB	rgb(156, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.24, 50.42, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.24, 52.54, 16.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.16% 0.1518 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(46.16% 0.156 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1824, 8.6200, 5.4209)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C233E #239C81

analogous

#9C237A #9C233E #9C4523

triadic

#9C233E #3E9C23 #233E9C

tetradic

#9C233E #7A9C23 #239C81 #45239C

square

#9C233E #7A9C23 #239C81 #45239C

split-complementary

#9C233E #239C45 #237A9C

monochromatic

#380D16 #6A182A #9C233E #CE2E52 #DB5E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#9C233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#9C233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C233E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C233E	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44433E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.156 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06973',
    500: '#9c233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c233e;
$custom-light: #c06973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.612,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46156,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C233E

secondary

#5BC0A9

accent

#E6C241

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEC

border

#D1C7C7

text

#130708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C233E

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

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