#9D251B#9D251B

#9D251B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.158 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D251B
RGB	rgb(157, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 48.32, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 60.37, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% 0.1375 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.158 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7658, 8.5727, 1.9139)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D251B #1B939D

analogous

#9D1B52 #9D251B #9D661B

triadic

#9D251B #1B9D25 #251B9D

tetradic

#9D251B #529D1B #1B939D #661B9D

square

#9D251B #529D1B #1B939D #661B9D

split-complementary

#9D251B #1B9D66 #1B529D

monochromatic

#350C09 #691912 #9D251B #D13124 #E15C51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#9D251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9D251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D251B

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D251B	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.158 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36a59',
    500: '#9d251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d251b;
$custom-light: #c36a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45951,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D251B

secondary

#50BBC4

accent

#E0ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D251B

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

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