#9C2A29#9C2A29

#9C2A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.150 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2A29
RGB	rgb(156, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.76, 46.72, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.76, 54.81, 31.53°)
OKLab	oklab(46.43% 0.1356 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(46.43% 0.15 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9402, 8.8862, 3.0259)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2A29 #299B9C

analogous

#9C2961 #9C2A29 #9C6329

triadic

#9C2A29 #299C2A #2A299C

tetradic

#9C2A29 #619C29 #299B9C #63299C

square

#9C2A29 #619C29 #299B9C #63299C

split-complementary

#9C2A29 #299C63 #29619C

monochromatic

#3B1010 #6C1D1C #9C2A29 #CB3938 #D76968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#9C2A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#9C2A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2A29

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2A29	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.150 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16c63',
    500: '#9c2a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2a29;
$custom-light: #c16c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.522,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46426,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2A29

secondary

#63BDBE

accent

#E0E246

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECEA

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2A29

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

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