#9C4E49#9C4E49

#9C4E49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.105 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E49
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 31.91, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 36.62, 29.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.095 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.105 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6386, 12.9996, 7.8823)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E49 #49979C

analogous

#9C496E #9C4E49 #9C7749

triadic

#9C4E49 #499C4E #4E499C

tetradic

#9C4E49 #6E9C49 #49979C #77499C

square

#9C4E49 #6E9C49 #49979C #77499C

split-complementary

#9C4E49 #499C77 #496E9C

monochromatic

#492422 #723935 #9C4E49 #B96E69 #CC9693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#9C4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9C4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E49

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E49	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.105 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd817b',
    500: '#9c4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e49;
$custom-light: #bd817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.614,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51875,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E49

secondary

#88B6B8

accent

#C5CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E49

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

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