#9C2B20#9C2B20

#9C2B20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.151 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2B20
RGB	rgb(156, 43, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, 45.96, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 57.16, 36.48°)
OKLab	oklab(46.41% 0.1312 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(46.41% 0.151 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8366, 8.9022, 2.3033)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2B20 #20919C

analogous

#9C2053 #9C2B20 #9C6920

triadic

#9C2B20 #209C2B #2B209C

tetradic

#9C2B20 #539C20 #20919C #69209C

square

#9C2B20 #539C20 #20919C #69209C

split-complementary

#9C2B20 #209C69 #20539C

monochromatic

#360F0B #691D16 #9C2B20 #CF392A #DD6559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#9C2B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#9C2B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2B20

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2B20	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 43, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.151 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26c5c',
    500: '#9c2b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2b20;
$custom-light: #c26c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46414,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2B20

secondary

#57B8C1

accent

#DAE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2B20

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

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