#9C2B31#9C2B31

#9C2B31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.149 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2B31
RGB	rgb(156, 43, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.02, 46.75, 24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.02, 52.57, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.1374 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.149 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1302, 9.0197, 3.8494)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2B31 #2B9C96

analogous

#9C2B6A #9C2B31 #9C5E2B

triadic

#9C2B31 #319C2B #2B319C

tetradic

#9C2B31 #6A9C2B #2B9C96 #5E2B9C

square

#9C2B31 #6A9C2B #2B9C96 #5E2B9C

split-complementary

#9C2B31 #2B9C5E #2B6A9C

monochromatic

#3C1113 #6C1E22 #9C2B31 #C93B43 #D66B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#9C2B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#9C2B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2B31

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2B31	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC032E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 43, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.149 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06d69',
    500: '#9c2b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2b31;
$custom-light: #c06d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.814,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46656,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2B31

secondary

#66BDB8

accent

#E0D848

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2B31

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

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