#9D251D#9D251D

#9D251D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.158 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D251D
RGB	rgb(157, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 81.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, 48.38, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 59.77, 35.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.1381 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.158 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7897, 8.5823, 2.0400)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D251D #1D959D

analogous

#9D1D55 #9D251D #9D651D

triadic

#9D251D #1D9D25 #251D9D

tetradic

#9D251D #559D1D #1D959D #651D9D

square

#9D251D #559D1D #1D959D #651D9D

split-complementary

#9D251D #1D9D65 #1D559D

monochromatic

#360D0A #691913 #9D251D #D13127 #E05E55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#9D251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#9D251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D251D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D251D	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.158 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36a5a',
    500: '#9d251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d251d;
$custom-light: #c36a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45971,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D251D

secondary

#53BCC3

accent

#E1EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D251D

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

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