#9C424B#9C424B

#9C424B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.120 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C424B
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(354, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 51.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 38.36, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 40.66, 19.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.1154 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.12 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9298, 11.4743, 7.9785)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C424B #429C93

analogous

#9C4278 #9C424B #9C6642

triadic

#9C424B #4B9C42 #424B9C

tetradic

#9C424B #789C42 #429C93 #66429C

square

#9C424B #789C42 #429C93 #66429C

split-complementary

#9C424B #429C66 #42789C

monochromatic

#461E22 #713036 #9C424B #BC6069 #CE8B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#9C424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#9C424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C424B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C424B	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.120 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7a7d',
    500: '#9c424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c424b;
$custom-light: #be7a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50077,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C424B

secondary

#81B9B3

accent

#D0C457

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEEE

border

#D1C9C9

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C424B

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

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