#9C2A38#9C2A38

#9C2A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.149 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2A38
RGB	rgb(156, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.01, 47.55, 19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.01, 51.44, 22.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% 0.1414 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.149 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2536, 9.0116, 4.6768)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2A38 #2A9C8E

analogous

#9C2A71 #9C2A38 #9C552A

triadic

#9C2A38 #389C2A #2A389C

tetradic

#9C2A38 #719C2A #2A9C8E #552A9C

square

#9C2A38 #719C2A #2A9C8E #552A9C

split-complementary

#9C2A38 #2A9C55 #2A719C

monochromatic

#3C1015 #6C1D27 #9C2A38 #CA394B #D76A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#9C2A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#9C2A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2A38

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2A38	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0430

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.149 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06c6e',
    500: '#9c2a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2a38;
$custom-light: #c06c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.632,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46684,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2A38

secondary

#65BDB2

accent

#E1CE47

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2A38

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

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