#9C4E42#9C4E42

#9C4E42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.107 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E42
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 57.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 31.29, 22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 38.26, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.0921 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.107 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4194, 12.9120, 6.7281)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E42 #42909C

analogous

#9C4263 #9C4E42 #9C7B42

triadic

#9C4E42 #429C4E #4E429C

tetradic

#9C4E42 #639C42 #42909C #7B429C

square

#9C4E42 #639C42 #42909C #7B429C

split-complementary

#9C4E42 #429C7B #42639C

monochromatic

#46231E #713830 #9C4E42 #BC6C60 #CE948B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#9C4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9C4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E42

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E42	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)

#615A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.107 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8176',
    500: '#9c4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e42;
$custom-light: #be8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51731,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E42

secondary

#81B1B9

accent

#C0D057

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E42

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

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