#9C2E25#9C2E25

#9C2E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.147 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2E25
RGB	rgb(156, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 76.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, 44.97, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 54.98, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.8% 0.1292 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(46.8% 0.147 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0229, 9.1577, 2.7265)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2E25 #25939C

analogous

#9C2557 #9C2E25 #9C6925

triadic

#9C2E25 #259C2E #2E259C

tetradic

#9C2E25 #579C25 #25939C #69259C

square

#9C2E25 #579C25 #25939C #69259C

split-complementary

#9C2E25 #259C69 #25579C

monochromatic

#39110E #6B1F19 #9C2E25 #CD3D31 #DA6B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#9C2E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#9C2E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2E25

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2E25	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC072D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.147 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16e60',
    500: '#9c2e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2e25;
$custom-light: #c16e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.538,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46799,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2E25

secondary

#5EB8BF

accent

#D9E543

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140805

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2E25

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

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