#9F2C17#9F2C17

#9F2C17 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.155 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F2C17
RGB	rgb(159, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(9, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 46.30, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 60.93, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(46.97% 0.1303 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(46.97% 0.155 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3553, 9.2365, 1.7848)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F2C17 #178A9F

analogous

#9F1746 #9F2C17 #9F7017

triadic

#9F2C17 #179F2C #2C179F

tetradic

#9F2C17 #469F17 #178A9F #70179F

square

#9F2C17 #469F17 #178A9F #70179F

split-complementary

#9F2C17 #179F70 #17469F

monochromatic

#340E08 #6A1D0F #9F2C17 #D43B1F #E5634B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#9F2C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#9F2C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F2C17

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F2C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F2C17	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f2c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.155 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d57',
    500: '#9f2c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f2c17;
$custom-light: #c46d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f2c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46973,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F2C17

secondary

#4BB4C7

accent

#D4F136

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F2C17

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

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