#9C2C25#9C2C25

#9C2C25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.149 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2C25
RGB	rgb(156, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 76.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.99, 45.77, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.99, 55.46, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(46.58% 0.1317 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(46.58% 0.149 28)
XYZ	xyz(14.9466, 9.0051, 2.7010)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2C25 #25959C

analogous

#9C255A #9C2C25 #9C6725

triadic

#9C2C25 #259C2C #2C259C

tetradic

#9C2C25 #5A9C25 #25959C #67259C

square

#9C2C25 #5A9C25 #25959C #67259C

split-complementary

#9C2C25 #259C67 #255A9C

monochromatic

#39100E #6B1E19 #9C2C25 #CD3A31 #DA6962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#9C2C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#9C2C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2C25

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2C25	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.149 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16d60',
    500: '#9c2c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2c25;
$custom-light: #c16d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46581,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2C25

secondary

#5EB9BF

accent

#DBE543

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2C25

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

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