#9D271B#9D271B

#9D271B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.156 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D271B
RGB	rgb(157, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, 47.62, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 59.95, 37.42°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% 0.1353 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.156 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8298, 8.7006, 1.9352)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D271B #1B919D

analogous

#9D1B50 #9D271B #9D681B

triadic

#9D271B #1B9D27 #271B9D

tetradic

#9D271B #509D1B #1B919D #681B9D

square

#9D271B #509D1B #1B919D #681B9D

split-complementary

#9D271B #1B9D68 #1B509D

monochromatic

#350D09 #691A12 #9D271B #D13424 #E15F51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#9D271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#9D271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D271B

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D271B	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.156 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36b59',
    500: '#9d271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d271b;
$custom-light: #c36b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4614,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D271B

secondary

#50B9C4

accent

#DDED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D271B

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

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