#9F2C38#9F2C38

#9F2C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.150 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F2C38
RGB	rgb(159, 44, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 64.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 47.76, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 52.10, 23.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1417 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.15 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9142, 9.4601, 4.7286)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F2C38 #2C9F93

analogous

#9F2C72 #9F2C38 #9F592C

triadic

#9F2C38 #389F2C #2C389F

tetradic

#9F2C38 #729F2C #2C9F93 #592C9F

square

#9F2C38 #729F2C #2C9F93 #592C9F

split-complementary

#9F2C38 #2C9F59 #2C729F

monochromatic

#3F1116 #6F1F27 #9F2C38 #CA3E4D #D76E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#9F2C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#9F2C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F2C38

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F2C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F2C38	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f2c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 44, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.150 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26e6e',
    500: '#9f2c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f2c38;
$custom-light: #c26e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f2c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.739,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47421,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F2C38

secondary

#69BEB5

accent

#E0D048

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F2C38

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

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