#9C2E29#9C2E29

#9C2E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.147 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2E29
RGB	rgb(156, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 45.15, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 53.84, 33.01°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% 0.1306 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.147 27)
XYZ	xyz(15.0892, 9.1842, 3.0756)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2E29 #29979C

analogous

#9C295D #9C2E29 #9C6729

triadic

#9C2E29 #299C2E #2E299C

tetradic

#9C2E29 #5D9C29 #29979C #67299C

square

#9C2E29 #5D9C29 #29979C #67299C

split-complementary

#9C2E29 #299C67 #295D9C

monochromatic

#3B1110 #6C201C #9C2E29 #CB3E38 #D76D68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#9C2E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9C2E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2E29

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2E29	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC092E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.147 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16e63',
    500: '#9c2e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2e29;
$custom-light: #c16e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46853,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.09182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2E29

secondary

#63BABE

accent

#DBE246

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECEA

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2E29

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →