#9C253B#9C253B

#9C253B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.154 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C253B
RGB	rgb(156, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 62.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, 49.55, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 52.36, 18.87°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% 0.1484 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.154 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1628, 8.7090, 5.0194)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C253B #259C86

analogous

#9C2576 #9C253B #9C4B25

triadic

#9C253B #3B9C25 #253B9C

tetradic

#9C253B #769C25 #259C86 #4B259C

square

#9C253B #769C25 #259C86 #4B259C

split-complementary

#9C253B #259C4B #25769C

monochromatic

#390E16 #6B1928 #9C253B #CD314E #DA6278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#9C253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#9C253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C253B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C253B	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46433B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.154 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06a70',
    500: '#9c253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c253b;
$custom-light: #c06a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.908,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46266,
    "c": 0.15408,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C253B

secondary

#5EBFAD

accent

#E5C743

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C253B

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

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