#9D231D#9D231D

#9D231D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.159 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D231D
RGB	rgb(157, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 81.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 49.06, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 60.18, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.79% 0.1402 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(45.79% 0.159 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7292, 8.4612, 2.0198)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D231D #1D979D

analogous

#9D1D57 #9D231D #9D631D

triadic

#9D231D #1D9D23 #231D9D

tetradic

#9D231D #579D1D #1D979D #631D9D

square

#9D231D #579D1D #1D979D #631D9D

split-complementary

#9D231D #1D9D63 #1D579D

monochromatic

#360C0A #691713 #9D231D #D12F27 #E05B55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#9D231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9D231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D231D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D231D	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)

#49411B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.159 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3695a',
    500: '#9d231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d231d;
$custom-light: #c3695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.813,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45791,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D231D

secondary

#53BEC3

accent

#E3EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D231D

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

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