#9C242B#9C242B

#9C242B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.156 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C242B
RGB	rgb(156, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, 48.97, 26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 55.71, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% 0.1432 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.156 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7789, 8.5064, 3.1487)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C242B #249C95

analogous

#9C2467 #9C242B #9C5924

triadic

#9C242B #2B9C24 #242B9C

tetradic

#9C242B #679C24 #249C95 #59249C

square

#9C242B #679C24 #249C95 #59249C

split-complementary

#9C242B #249C59 #24679C

monochromatic

#390D10 #6A191D #9C242B #CE2F39 #DA6067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#9C242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9C242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C242B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C242B	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)

#48422A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.156 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16964',
    500: '#9c242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c242b;
$custom-light: #c16964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45877,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C242B

secondary

#5CBFBA

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C242B

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

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