#9C2F24#9C2F24

#9C2F24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.146 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2F24
RGB	rgb(156, 47, 36)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 44.52, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 55.04, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% 0.1276 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.146 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0470, 9.2306, 2.6581)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2F24 #24919C

analogous

#9C2455 #9C2F24 #9C6B24

triadic

#9C2F24 #249C2F #2F249C

tetradic

#9C2F24 #559C24 #24919C #6B249C

square

#9C2F24 #559C24 #24919C #6B249C

split-complementary

#9C2F24 #249C6B #24559C

monochromatic

#39110D #6A2019 #9C2F24 #CE3E2F #DA6B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#9C2F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#9C2F24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2F24

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2F24	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)

#4E4722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 47, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.146 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16e5f',
    500: '#9c2f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2f24;
$custom-light: #c16e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46899,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2F24

secondary

#5CB6BF

accent

#D7E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2F24

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

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