#9C2D21#9C2D21

#9C2D21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.149 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2D21
RGB	rgb(156, 45, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.09, 45.21, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.09, 56.41, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(46.64% 0.1291 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(46.64% 0.149 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9249, 9.0568, 2.4008)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2D21 #21909C

analogous

#9C2152 #9C2D21 #9C6B21

triadic

#9C2D21 #219C2D #2D219C

tetradic

#9C2D21 #529C21 #21909C #6B219C

square

#9C2D21 #529C21 #21909C #6B219C

split-complementary

#9C2D21 #219C6B #21529C

monochromatic

#37100C #691E16 #9C2D21 #CF3C2C #DC685B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#9C2D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#9C2D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2D21

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2D21	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC022B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.149 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16d5d',
    500: '#9c2d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2d21;
$custom-light: #c16d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.854,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46641,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2D21

secondary

#58B6C1

accent

#D8E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2D21

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

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