#9F1A23#9F1A23

#9F1A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.167 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F1A23
RGB	rgb(159, 26, 35)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 52.52, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 60.99, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% 0.1522 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.167 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9727, 8.2335, 2.3906)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F1A23 #1A9F96

analogous

#9F1A66 #9F1A23 #9F541A

triadic

#9F1A23 #239F1A #1A239F

tetradic

#9F1A23 #669F1A #1A9F96 #541A9F

square

#9F1A23 #669F1A #1A9F96 #541A9F

split-complementary

#9F1A23 #1A9F54 #1A669F

monochromatic

#36090C #6A1117 #9F1A23 #D4232F #E3515B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#9F1A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#9F1A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F1A23

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F1A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F1A23	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f1a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 26, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.167 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4665e',
    500: '#9f1a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f1a23;
$custom-light: #c4665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f1a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.94,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45543,
    "c": 0.1669,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F1A23

secondary

#50C5BD

accent

#EFE239

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F1A23

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

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