#9F232C#9F232C

#9F232C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.159 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F232C
RGB	rgb(159, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 72.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.51, 50.28, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.51, 56.92, 27.95°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.1472 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.159 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3555, 8.7572, 3.2642)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F232C #239F96

analogous

#9F236A #9F232C #9F5823

triadic

#9F232C #2C9F23 #232C9F

tetradic

#9F232C #6A9F23 #239F96 #58239F

square

#9F232C #6A9F23 #239F96 #58239F

split-complementary

#9F232C #239F58 #236A9F

monochromatic

#3B0D10 #6D181E #9F232C #D12E3A #DC6069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#9F232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#9F232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F232C

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F232C	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48432B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.159 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36965',
    500: '#9f232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f232c;
$custom-light: #c36965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.645,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46359,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F232C

secondary

#5DC1BA

accent

#E7DB41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F232C

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

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