#9D231C#9D231C

#9D231C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.159 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D231C
RGB	rgb(157, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 82.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, 49.03, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 60.48, 35.84°)
OKLab	oklab(45.78% 0.1399 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(45.78% 0.159 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7170, 8.4564, 1.9557)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D231C #1C969D

analogous

#9D1C56 #9D231C #9D641C

triadic

#9D231C #1C9D23 #231C9D

tetradic

#9D231C #569D1C #1C969D #641C9D

square

#9D231C #569D1C #1C969D #641C9D

split-complementary

#9D231C #1C9D64 #1C569D

monochromatic

#350C09 #691713 #9D231C #D12F25 #E05B53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#9D231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9D231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D231C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D231C	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49411A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.159 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36959',
    500: '#9d231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d231c;
$custom-light: #c36959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.256,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45781,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D231C

secondary

#51BDC3

accent

#E3ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D231C

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

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