#9C273D#9C273D

#9C273D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.152 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C273D
RGB	rgb(156, 39, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 60.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.71, 48.98, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.71, 51.54, 18.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.5% 0.147 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(46.5% 0.152 15)
XYZ	xyz(15.2797, 8.8581, 5.3192)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C273D #279C86

analogous

#9C2777 #9C273D #9C4B27

triadic

#9C273D #3D9C27 #273D9C

tetradic

#9C273D #779C27 #279C86 #4B279C

square

#9C273D #779C27 #279C86 #4B279C

split-complementary

#9C273D #279C4B #27779C

monochromatic

#3A0F17 #6B1B2A #9C273D #CC3451 #D8657B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#9C273D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#9C273D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C273D

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C273D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C273D	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47443D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c273d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 39, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.152 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06b72',
    500: '#9c273d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c273d;
$custom-light: #c06b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c273d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.718,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46496,
    "c": 0.15219,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.08856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C273D

secondary

#61BEAD

accent

#E3C545

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEC

border

#D1C7C7

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C273D

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

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