#9C4E52#9C4E52

#9C4E52 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.104 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E52
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 82)
HSL	hsl(357, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 47.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 32.80, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 35.18, 21.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.0988 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.104 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9588, 13.1277, 9.5691)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E52 #4E9C98

analogous

#9C4E79 #9C4E52 #9C714E

triadic

#9C4E52 #529C4E #4E529C

tetradic

#9C4E52 #799C4E #4E9C98 #714E9C

square

#9C4E52 #799C4E #4E9C98 #714E9C

split-complementary

#9C4E52 #4E9C71 #4E799C

monochromatic

#4A2527 #733A3D #9C4E52 #B77073 #CC999B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#9C4E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#9C4E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E52

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E52	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.104 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8182',
    500: '#9c4e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e52;
$custom-light: #bd8182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52084,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E52

secondary

#8DB8B6

accent

#C9C45E

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#120A0A

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E52

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