#9C242A#9C242A

#9C242A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.156 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C242A
RGB	rgb(156, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 48.92, 27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 55.96, 29.05°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.1428 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.156 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7608, 8.4991, 3.0533)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C242A #249C96

analogous

#9C2466 #9C242A #9C5A24

triadic

#9C242A #2A9C24 #242A9C

tetradic

#9C242A #669C24 #249C96 #5A249C

square

#9C242A #669C24 #249C96 #5A249C

split-complementary

#9C242A #249C5A #24669C

monochromatic

#390D0F #6A191D #9C242A #CE2F37 #DA6066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#9C242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9C242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C242A

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C242A	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.156 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16963',
    500: '#9c242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c242a;
$custom-light: #c16963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45862,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C242A

secondary

#5CBFBA

accent

#E6DD42

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBEA

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C242A

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

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