#9C381B#9C381B

#9C381B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.140 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C381B
RGB	rgb(156, 56, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 40.23, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 55.79, 43.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1125 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.14 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3240, 9.9776, 2.1557)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C381B #1B7F9C

analogous

#9C1B3F #9C381B #9C781B

triadic

#9C381B #1B9C38 #381B9C

tetradic

#9C381B #3F9C1B #1B7F9C #781B9C

square

#9C381B #3F9C1B #1B7F9C #781B9C

split-complementary

#9C381B #1B9C78 #1B3F9C

monochromatic

#341309 #682512 #9C381B #D04B24 #E17151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#9C381B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#9C381B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C381B

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C381B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C381B	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC1D32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c381b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 56, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.140 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1735a',
    500: '#9c381b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c381b;
$custom-light: #c1735a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c381b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.488,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47906,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C381B

secondary

#4FA9C3

accent

#C5ED3B

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EDE9

border

#D2C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C381B

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

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