#9F201B#9F201B

#9F201B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.164 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F201B
RGB	rgb(159, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.97, 50.57, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.97, 62.17, 35.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.1443 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.164 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0143, 8.4855, 1.8840)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F201B #1B9A9F

analogous

#9F1B58 #9F201B #9F621B

triadic

#9F201B #1B9F20 #201B9F

tetradic

#9F201B #589F1B #1B9A9F #621B9F

square

#9F201B #589F1B #1B9A9F #621B9F

split-complementary

#9F201B #1B9F62 #1B589F

monochromatic

#360B09 #6B1512 #9F201B #D32B24 #E25853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#9F201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9F201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F201B

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F201B	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.164 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56859',
    500: '#9f201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f201b;
$custom-light: #c56859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.273,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45894,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F201B

secondary

#51C0C5

accent

#E7EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F201B

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

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