#9C2A22#9C2A22

#9C2A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.151 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2A22
RGB	rgb(156, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 46.42, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 56.79, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.33% 0.1331 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(46.33% 0.151 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8287, 8.8416, 2.4389)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2A22 #22949C

analogous

#9C2257 #9C2A22 #9C6722

triadic

#9C2A22 #229C2A #2A229C

tetradic

#9C2A22 #579C22 #22949C #67229C

square

#9C2A22 #579C22 #22949C #67229C

split-complementary

#9C2A22 #229C67 #22579C

monochromatic

#380F0C #6A1C17 #9C2A22 #CE382D #DC655D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#9C2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#9C2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2A22

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2A22	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.151 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16c5e',
    500: '#9c2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2a22;
$custom-light: #c16c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.934,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46333,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2A22

secondary

#5AB9C0

accent

#DCE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2A22

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

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