Carmine#9D0216

#9D0216 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.177 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Carmine — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#9D0216
RGB	rgb(157, 2, 22)
HSL	hsl(352, 97%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(352, 99%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 98.7%, 86%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 55.82, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 66.63, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.1601 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.177 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0730, 7.2719, 1.4216)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D0216 #029D89

analogous

#9D0263 #9D0216 #9D3B02

triadic

#9D0216 #169D02 #02169D

tetradic

#9D0216 #639D02 #029D89 #3B029D

square

#9D0216 #639D02 #029D89 #3B029D

split-complementary

#9D0216 #029D3B #02639D

monochromatic

#240005 #61010E #9D0216 #D9031E #FC1D3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#9D0216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#9D0216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D0216

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D0216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D0216	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62570C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d0216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 2, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.177 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46054',
    500: '#9d0216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d0216;
$custom-light: #c46054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d0216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 2,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43913,
    "c": 0.17706,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D0216

secondary

#28D3BD

accent

#FFE329

background

#FDF6F4

surface

#FAEBE7

border

#D3C6C3

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D0216

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

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