#9C3820#9C3820

#9C3820 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.139 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C3820
RGB	rgb(156, 56, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 40.40, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 54.18, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.114 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.139 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3869, 10.0027, 2.4867)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C3820 #20849C

analogous

#9C2046 #9C3820 #9C7620

triadic

#9C3820 #209C38 #38209C

tetradic

#9C3820 #469C20 #20849C #76209C

square

#9C3820 #469C20 #20849C #76209C

split-complementary

#9C3820 #209C76 #20469C

monochromatic

#36140B #692616 #9C3820 #CF4A2A #DD7359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#9C3820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#9C3820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C3820

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C3820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C3820	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC1E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c3820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 56, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.139 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1735d',
    500: '#9c3820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c3820;
$custom-light: #c1735d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c3820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47955,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C3820

secondary

#57ACC1

accent

#C8E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EDE9

border

#D2C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C3820

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

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