#9C261E#9C261E

#9C261E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.155 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C261E
RGB	rgb(156, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 47.75, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 58.85, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.1364 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.155 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6395, 8.5502, 2.1076)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C261E #1E949C

analogous

#9C1E55 #9C261E #9C651E

triadic

#9C261E #1E9C26 #261E9C

tetradic

#9C261E #559C1E #1E949C #651E9C

square

#9C261E #559C1E #1E949C #651E9C

split-complementary

#9C261E #1E9C65 #1E559C

monochromatic

#350D0A #691914 #9C261E #CF3328 #DE5F56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#9C261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9C261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C261E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C261E	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.155 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26a5b',
    500: '#9c261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c261e;
$custom-light: #c26a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45891,
    "c": 0.15549,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C261E

secondary

#54BBC2

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C261E

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

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