#9C2E30#9C2E30

#9C2E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.146 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2E30
RGB	rgb(156, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 69.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 45.51, 25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 52.01, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.96% 0.1333 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(46.96% 0.146 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2224, 9.2375, 3.7772)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2E30 #2E9C9A

analogous

#9C2E67 #9C2E30 #9C632E

triadic

#9C2E30 #309C2E #2E309C

tetradic

#9C2E30 #679C2E #2E9C9A #632E9C

square

#9C2E30 #679C2E #2E9C9A #632E9C

split-complementary

#9C2E30 #2E9C63 #2E679C

monochromatic

#3D1213 #6D2021 #9C2E30 #C74043 #D57072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#9C2E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#9C2E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2E30

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2E30	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0C30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.146 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06e68',
    500: '#9c2e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2e30;
$custom-light: #c06e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46961,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2E30

secondary

#6ABCBB

accent

#DEDB4A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2E30

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

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