#9C2F23#9C2F23

#9C2F23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.147 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2F23
RGB	rgb(156, 47, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 44.47, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 55.34, 36.52°)
OKLab	oklab(46.89% 0.1272 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(46.89% 0.147 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0319, 9.2245, 2.5788)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2F23 #23909C

analogous

#9C2354 #9C2F23 #9C6B23

triadic

#9C2F23 #239C2F #2F239C

tetradic

#9C2F23 #549C23 #23909C #6B239C

square

#9C2F23 #549C23 #23909C #6B239C

split-complementary

#9C2F23 #239C6B #23549C

monochromatic

#38110D #6A2018 #9C2F23 #CE3E2E #DB6B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#9C2F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9C2F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2F23

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2F23	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC092D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 47, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.147 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16e5f',
    500: '#9c2f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2f23;
$custom-light: #c16e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.95,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46887,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2F23

secondary

#5BB6C0

accent

#D6E641

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2F23

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

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