#9C2E40#9C2E40

#9C2E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.145 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2E40
RGB	rgb(156, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 59%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 46.55, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 49.06, 18.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% 0.1397 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.145 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6142, 9.3942, 5.8406)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2E40 #2E9C8A

analogous

#9C2E77 #9C2E40 #9C532E

triadic

#9C2E40 #409C2E #2E409C

tetradic

#9C2E40 #779C2E #2E9C8A #532E9C

square

#9C2E40 #779C2E #2E9C8A #532E9C

split-complementary

#9C2E40 #2E9C53 #2E779C

monochromatic

#3D1219 #6D202D #9C2E40 #C74056 #D57080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#9C2E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#9C2E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2E40

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2E40	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB1435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.145 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6e74',
    500: '#9c2e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2e40;
$custom-light: #bf6e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.182,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47276,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2E40

secondary

#6ABCAF

accent

#DEC64A

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F8ECED

border

#D1C7C8

text

#130808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2E40

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

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