#9F2717#9F2717

#9F2717 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.159 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F2717
RGB	rgb(159, 39, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.76, 48.16, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.76, 61.97, 39.01°)
OKLab	oklab(46.47% 0.136 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(46.47% 0.159 31)
XYZ	xyz(15.1801, 8.8862, 1.7264)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F2717 #178F9F

analogous

#9F174B #9F2717 #9F6B17

triadic

#9F2717 #179F27 #27179F

tetradic

#9F2717 #4B9F17 #178F9F #6B179F

square

#9F2717 #4B9F17 #178F9F #6B179F

split-complementary

#9F2717 #179F6B #174B9F

monochromatic

#340D08 #6A1A0F #9F2717 #D4341F #E55D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#9F2717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#9F2717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F2717

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F2717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F2717	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f2717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 39, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.159 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b56',
    500: '#9f2717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f2717;
$custom-light: #c56b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f2717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46472,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.08884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F2717

secondary

#4BB8C7

accent

#DBF136

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F2717

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

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