#9D221C#9D221C

#9D221C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.160 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D221C
RGB	rgb(157, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 82.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 49.35, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 60.67, 35.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% 0.1409 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.16 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6880, 8.3983, 1.9460)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D221C #1C979D

analogous

#9D1C57 #9D221C #9D631C

triadic

#9D221C #1C9D22 #221C9D

tetradic

#9D221C #579D1C #1C979D #631C9D

square

#9D221C #579D1C #1C979D #631C9D

split-complementary

#9D221C #1C9D63 #1C579D

monochromatic

#350C09 #691713 #9D221C #D12D25 #E05A53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#9D221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#9D221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D221C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D221C	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)

#49411A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.160 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36859',
    500: '#9d221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d221c;
$custom-light: #c36859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45694,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D221C

secondary

#51BEC3

accent

#E4ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D221C

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

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