#9F233F#9F233F

#9F233F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.159 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F233F
RGB	rgb(159, 35, 63)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 60.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, 51.39, 15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 53.55, 16.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.73% 0.1547 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(46.73% 0.159 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7979, 8.9342, 5.5943)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F233F #239F83

analogous

#9F237D #9F233F #9F4523

triadic

#9F233F #3F9F23 #233F9F

tetradic

#9F233F #7D9F23 #239F83 #45239F

square

#9F233F #7D9F23 #239F83 #45239F

split-complementary

#9F233F #239F45 #237D9F

monochromatic

#3B0D17 #6D182B #9F233F #D12E53 #DC607C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#9F233F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#9F233F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F233F

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F233F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F233F	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45443F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f233f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 35, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.159 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26a73',
    500: '#9f233f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f233f;
$custom-light: #c26a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f233f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.452,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46725,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F233F

secondary

#5DC1AA

accent

#E7C141

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F233F

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

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