#9D201C#9D201C

#9D201C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.162 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D201C
RGB	rgb(157, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 82.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 49.98, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 61.06, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% 0.1429 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.162 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6325, 8.2873, 1.9275)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D201C #1C999D

analogous

#9D1C59 #9D201C #9D611C

triadic

#9D201C #1C9D20 #201C9D

tetradic

#9D201C #599D1C #1C999D #611C9D

square

#9D201C #599D1C #1C999D #611C9D

split-complementary

#9D201C #1C9D61 #1C599D

monochromatic

#350B09 #691513 #9D201C #D12B25 #E05753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#9D201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#9D201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D201C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D201C	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.162 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36859',
    500: '#9d201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d201c;
$custom-light: #c36859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.86,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45527,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D201C

secondary

#51C0C3

accent

#E7ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D201C

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

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