#9F2217#9F2217

#9F2217 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.163 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F2217
RGB	rgb(159, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, 49.84, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 62.96, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.02% 0.1413 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(46.02% 0.163 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0266, 8.5793, 1.6752)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F2217 #17949F

analogous

#9F1750 #9F2217 #9F6617

triadic

#9F2217 #179F22 #22179F

tetradic

#9F2217 #509F17 #17949F #66179F

square

#9F2217 #509F17 #17949F #66179F

split-complementary

#9F2217 #179F66 #17509F

monochromatic

#340B08 #6A170F #9F2217 #D42D1F #E5584B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#9F2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#9F2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F2217

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F2217	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)

#4A4114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.163 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56956',
    500: '#9f2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f2217;
$custom-light: #c56956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.853,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46022,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F2217

secondary

#4BBDC7

accent

#E2F136

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F2217

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

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