#9C311D#9C311D

#9C311D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.146 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C311D
RGB	rgb(156, 49, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 81.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 43.41, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 56.73, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.1227 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.146 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0321, 9.3555, 2.1764)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C311D #1D889C

analogous

#9C1D49 #9C311D #9C711D

triadic

#9C311D #1D9C31 #311D9C

tetradic

#9C311D #499C1D #1D889C #711D9C

square

#9C311D #499C1D #1D889C #711D9C

split-complementary

#9C311D #1D9C71 #1D499C

monochromatic

#35110A #682113 #9C311D #D04127 #DF6A54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#9C311D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#9C311D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C311D

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C311D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C311D	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c311d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 49, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.146 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16f5b',
    500: '#9c311d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c311d;
$custom-light: #c16f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c311d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.449,
    "s": 68.649,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47053,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C311D

secondary

#52B1C2

accent

#D0EB3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C311D

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

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