#9C2920#9C2920

#9C2920 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.153 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2920
RGB	rgb(156, 41, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 46.72, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 57.61, 35.80°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% 0.1336 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.153 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7657, 8.7604, 2.2797)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2920 #20939C

analogous

#9C2055 #9C2920 #9C6720

triadic

#9C2920 #209C29 #29209C

tetradic

#9C2920 #559C20 #20939C #67209C

square

#9C2920 #559C20 #20939C #67209C

split-complementary

#9C2920 #209C67 #20559C

monochromatic

#360E0B #691C16 #9C2920 #CF362A #DD6359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#9C2920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#9C2920 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2920

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2920	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 41, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.153 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26b5c',
    500: '#9c2920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2920;
$custom-light: #c26b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.355,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46208,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2920

secondary

#57B9C1

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2920

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

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