#9C2B23#9C2B23

#9C2B23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.150 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2B23
RGB	rgb(156, 43, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, 46.08, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 56.27, 35.03°)
OKLab	oklab(46.45% 0.1322 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(46.45% 0.15 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8793, 8.9193, 2.5279)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2B23 #23949C

analogous

#9C2357 #9C2B23 #9C6823

triadic

#9C2B23 #239C2B #2B239C

tetradic

#9C2B23 #579C23 #23949C #68239C

square

#9C2B23 #579C23 #23949C #68239C

split-complementary

#9C2B23 #239C68 #23579C

monochromatic

#380F0D #6A1D18 #9C2B23 #CE392E #DB675E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#9C2B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#9C2B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2B23

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2B23	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 43, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.150 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16c5e',
    500: '#9c2b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2b23;
$custom-light: #c16c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.967,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4645,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2B23

secondary

#5BB9C0

accent

#DBE641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2B23

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

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