#9D231E#9D231E

#9D231E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.159 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D231E
RGB	rgb(157, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 49.09, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 59.89, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% 0.1405 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.159 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7418, 8.4662, 2.0860)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D231E #1E989D

analogous

#9D1E59 #9D231E #9D631E

triadic

#9D231E #1E9D23 #231E9D

tetradic

#9D231E #599D1E #1E989D #631E9D

square

#9D231E #599D1E #1E989D #631E9D

split-complementary

#9D231E #1E9D63 #1E599D

monochromatic

#360C0A #6A1814 #9D231E #D02E28 #DF5C57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#9D231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9D231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D231E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D231E	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)

#49411C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.159 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3695b',
    500: '#9d231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d231e;
$custom-light: #c3695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.362,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45802,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D231E

secondary

#54BEC2

accent

#E4EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D231E

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

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