#9C4D4D#9C4D4D

#9C4D4D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.106 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4D4D
RGB	rgb(156, 77, 77)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 50.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 32.83, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 36.24, 25.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.0983 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.106 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7050, 12.9134, 8.5799)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4D4D #4D9C9C

analogous

#9C4D74 #9C4D4D #9C744D

triadic

#9C4D4D #4D9C4D #4D4D9C

tetradic

#9C4D4D #749C4D #4D9C9C #744D9C

square

#9C4D4D #749C4D #4D9C9C #744D9C

split-complementary

#9C4D4D #4D9C74 #4D749C

monochromatic

#4A2525 #733939 #9C4D4D #B86F6F #CC9797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#9C4D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9C4D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4D4D

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4D4D	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 77, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.106 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd817e',
    500: '#9c4d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4d4d;
$custom-light: #bd817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.906,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51803,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4D4D

secondary

#8CB8B8

accent

#CACA5E

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#130A0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4D4D

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

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