#9C2B25#9C2B25

#9C2B25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.150 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2B25
RGB	rgb(156, 43, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 76.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, 46.16, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 55.69, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% 0.1329 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.15 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9098, 8.9315, 2.6888)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2B25 #25969C

analogous

#9C255B #9C2B25 #9C6625

triadic

#9C2B25 #259C2B #2B259C

tetradic

#9C2B25 #5B9C25 #25969C #66259C

square

#9C2B25 #5B9C25 #25969C #66259C

split-complementary

#9C2B25 #259C66 #255B9C

monochromatic

#39100E #6B1D19 #9C2B25 #CD3931 #DA6862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#9C2B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#9C2B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2B25

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2B25	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 43, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.150 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16c60',
    500: '#9c2b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2b25;
$custom-light: #c16c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.025,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46475,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2B25

secondary

#5EBABF

accent

#DDE543

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2B25

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →