#9D181D#9D181D

#9D181D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.167 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D181D
RGB	rgb(157, 24, 29)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 81.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 52.23, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 62.18, 32.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.1502 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.167 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4548, 7.9125, 1.9283)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D181D #189D98

analogous

#9D1860 #9D181D #9D5518

triadic

#9D181D #1D9D18 #181D9D

tetradic

#9D181D #609D18 #189D98 #55189D

square

#9D181D #609D18 #189D98 #55189D

split-complementary

#9D181D #189D55 #18609D

monochromatic

#330809 #681013 #9D181D #D22027 #E44C52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#9D181D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#9D181D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D181D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D181D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D181D	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d181d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 24, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.167 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3655a',
    500: '#9d181d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d181d;
$custom-light: #c3655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d181d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.744,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44955,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D181D

secondary

#4BC5C1

accent

#F0E938

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D181D

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

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