#9D232B#9D232B

#9D232B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.157 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D232B
RGB	rgb(157, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 72.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 49.62, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 56.35, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.1451 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.157 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9434, 8.5469, 3.1479)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D232B #239D95

analogous

#9D2368 #9D232B #9D5823

triadic

#9D232B #2B9D23 #232B9D

tetradic

#9D232B #689D23 #239D95 #58239D

square

#9D232B #689D23 #239D95 #58239D

split-complementary

#9D232B #239D58 #23689D

monochromatic

#390D10 #6B181D #9D232B #CF2E39 #DB5F67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#9D232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9D232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D232B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D232B	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.157 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26964',
    500: '#9d232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d232b;
$custom-light: #c26964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.066,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45973,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D232B

secondary

#5CC0BA

accent

#E7DC41

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D232B

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

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