#9D242E#9D242E

#9D242E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.156 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D242E
RGB	rgb(157, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 49.43, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 55.41, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(46.11% 0.1452 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(46.11% 0.156 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0303, 8.6294, 3.4585)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D242E #249D93

analogous

#9D246B #9D242E #9D5624

triadic

#9D242E #2E9D24 #242E9D

tetradic

#9D242E #6B9D24 #249D93 #56249D

square

#9D242E #6B9D24 #249D93 #56249D

split-complementary

#9D242E #249D56 #246B9D

monochromatic

#390D11 #6B191F #9D242E #CF2F3D #DB616B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#9D242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#9D242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D242E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D242E	1.00	7.71	2.73	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.156 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26a66',
    500: '#9d242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d242e;
$custom-light: #c26a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.041,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4611,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D242E

secondary

#5DC0B8

accent

#E6D842

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D242E

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

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