#9D221B#9D221B

#9D221B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.160 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D221B
RGB	rgb(157, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.79, 49.32, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.79, 60.97, 36.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% 0.1406 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.16 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6763, 8.3936, 1.8841)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D221B #1B969D

analogous

#9D1B55 #9D221B #9D631B

triadic

#9D221B #1B9D22 #221B9D

tetradic

#9D221B #559D1B #1B969D #631B9D

square

#9D221B #559D1B #1B969D #631B9D

split-complementary

#9D221B #1B9D63 #1B559D

monochromatic

#350B09 #691712 #9D221B #D12D24 #E15951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#9D221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#9D221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D221B

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D221B	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.160 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36859',
    500: '#9d221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d221b;
$custom-light: #c36859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.231,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45684,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D221B

secondary

#50BEC4

accent

#E4ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D221B

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

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