#9C2E20#9C2E20

#9C2E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.148 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2E20
RGB	rgb(156, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 44.77, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 56.48, 37.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% 0.1275 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.148 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9497, 9.1285, 2.3410)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2E20 #208E9C

analogous

#9C2050 #9C2E20 #9C6C20

triadic

#9C2E20 #209C2E #2E209C

tetradic

#9C2E20 #509C20 #208E9C #6C209C

square

#9C2E20 #509C20 #208E9C #6C209C

split-complementary

#9C2E20 #209C6C #20509C

monochromatic

#36100B #691F16 #9C2E20 #CF3D2A #DD6859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#9C2E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#9C2E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2E20

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2E20	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC052C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.148 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16e5d',
    500: '#9c2e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2e20;
$custom-light: #c16e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.774,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4674,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2E20

secondary

#57B5C1

accent

#D6E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2E20

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

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