#9C2E1B#9C2E1B

#9C2E1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.149 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2E1B
RGB	rgb(156, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.18, 44.60, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.18, 58.02, 39.77°)
OKLab	oklab(46.69% 0.126 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(46.69% 0.149 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8869, 9.1033, 2.0099)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2E1B #1B899C

analogous

#9C1B48 #9C2E1B #9C6E1B

triadic

#9C2E1B #1B9C2E #2E1B9C

tetradic

#9C2E1B #489C1B #1B899C #6E1B9C

square

#9C2E1B #489C1B #1B899C #6E1B9C

split-complementary

#9C2E1B #1B9C6E #1B489C

monochromatic

#340F09 #681F12 #9C2E1B #D03D24 #E16651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#9C2E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#9C2E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2E1B

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2E1B	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC032B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.149 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26e59',
    500: '#9c2e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2e1b;
$custom-light: #c26e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.837,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46689,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2E1B

secondary

#4FB2C3

accent

#D3ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2E1B

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

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