#9D222B#9D222B

#9D222B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.158 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D222B
RGB	rgb(157, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 72.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 49.94, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 56.57, 28.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.1461 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.158 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9144, 8.4889, 3.1382)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D222B #229D94

analogous

#9D2268 #9D222B #9D5722

triadic

#9D222B #2B9D22 #222B9D

tetradic

#9D222B #689D22 #229D94 #57229D

square

#9D222B #689D22 #229D94 #57229D

split-complementary

#9D222B #229D57 #22689D

monochromatic

#380C0F #6B171D #9D222B #CF2D39 #DC5D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#9D222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9D222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D222B

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D222B	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47412A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.158 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26964',
    500: '#9d222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d222b;
$custom-light: #c26964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.61,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45887,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D222B

secondary

#5AC1B9

accent

#E7DB40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAEBEB

border

#D3C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D222B

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

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