#9D231A#9D231A

#9D231A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.160 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D231A
RGB	rgb(157, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 83.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.90, 48.97, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.90, 61.07, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% 0.1393 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.16 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6939, 8.4471, 1.8338)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D231A #1A949D

analogous

#9D1A52 #9D231A #9D641A

triadic

#9D231A #1A9D23 #231A9D

tetradic

#9D231A #529D1A #1A949D #641A9D

square

#9D231A #529D1A #1A949D #641A9D

split-complementary

#9D231A #1A9D64 #1A529D

monochromatic

#340C09 #681711 #9D231A #D22F23 #E25A4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#9D231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9D231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D231A

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D231A	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.160 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36958',
    500: '#9d231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d231a;
$custom-light: #c36958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.122,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45761,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D231A

secondary

#4EBCC4

accent

#E2EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D231A

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

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