#9C4B59#9C4B59

#9C4B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.108 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4B59
RGB	rgb(156, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 42.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 35.16, 7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 36.01, 12.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1066 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.109 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0306, 12.8232, 10.9748)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4B59 #4B9C8E

analogous

#9C4B81 #9C4B59 #9C664B

triadic

#9C4B59 #599C4B #4B599C

tetradic

#9C4B59 #819C4B #4B9C8E #664B9C

square

#9C4B59 #819C4B #4B9C8E #664B9C

split-complementary

#9C4B59 #4B9C66 #4B819C

monochromatic

#49232A #733741 #9C4B59 #B86C79 #CC959F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9C4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9C4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4B59

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4B59	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.108 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8087',
    500: '#9c4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4b59;
$custom-light: #bc8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.63,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51792,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4B59

secondary

#8AB8B0

accent

#CBB85D

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F8EEEF

border

#D1C9CA

text

#120A0B

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4B59

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

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