#9C2B28#9C2B28

#9C2B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.150 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2B28
RGB	rgb(156, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, 46.29, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 54.85, 32.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% 0.134 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.15 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9589, 8.9511, 2.9471)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2B28 #28999C

analogous

#9C285F #9C2B28 #9C6528

triadic

#9C2B28 #289C2B #2B289C

tetradic

#9C2B28 #5F9C28 #28999C #65289C

square

#9C2B28 #5F9C28 #28999C #65289C

split-complementary

#9C2B28 #289C65 #285F9C

monochromatic

#3B100F #6B1E1C #9C2B28 #CB3A36 #D86967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#9C2B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#9C2B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2B28

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2B28	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.150 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16c62',
    500: '#9c2b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2b28;
$custom-light: #c16c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.552,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46515,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2B28

secondary

#62BCBE

accent

#DEE245

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECEA

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2B28

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

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