#9C2B29#9C2B29

#9C2B29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.149 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2B29
RGB	rgb(156, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.90, 46.34, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.90, 54.57, 31.89°)
OKLab	oklab(46.53% 0.1344 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(46.53% 0.149 26)
XYZ	xyz(14.9761, 8.9580, 3.0379)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2B29 #299A9C

analogous

#9C2960 #9C2B29 #9C6429

triadic

#9C2B29 #299C2B #2B299C

tetradic

#9C2B29 #609C29 #299A9C #64299C

square

#9C2B29 #609C29 #299A9C #64299C

split-complementary

#9C2B29 #299C64 #29609C

monochromatic

#3B1010 #6C1E1C #9C2B29 #CB3A38 #D76A68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#9C2B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#9C2B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2B29

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2B29	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.149 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16c63',
    500: '#9c2b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2b29;
$custom-light: #c16c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.043,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46529,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.08956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2B29

secondary

#63BCBE

accent

#DFE246

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECEA

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2B29

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

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