#9C2A28#9C2A28

#9C2A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.151 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2A28
RGB	rgb(156, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.75, 46.67, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.75, 55.09, 32.08°)
OKLab	oklab(46.41% 0.1352 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(46.41% 0.151 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9230, 8.8793, 2.9352)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2A28 #289A9C

analogous

#9C2860 #9C2A28 #9C6428

triadic

#9C2A28 #289C2A #2A289C

tetradic

#9C2A28 #609C28 #289A9C #64289C

square

#9C2A28 #609C28 #289A9C #64289C

split-complementary

#9C2A28 #289C64 #28609C

monochromatic

#3B100F #6B1D1C #9C2A28 #CB3836 #D86867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#9C2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#9C2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2A28

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2A28	1.00	7.57	2.78	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.151 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16c62',
    500: '#9c2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2a28;
$custom-light: #c16c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.034,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46411,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2A28

secondary

#62BCBE

accent

#E0E245

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECEA

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2A28

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

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