#9B1E23#9B1E23

#9B1E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.160 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B1E23
RGB	rgb(155, 30, 35)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 50.22, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 58.65, 31.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% 0.1454 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.16 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2869, 8.0207, 2.3857)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B1E23 #1E9B96

analogous

#9B1E62 #9B1E23 #9B581E

triadic

#9B1E23 #239B1E #1E239B

tetradic

#9B1E23 #629B1E #1E9B96 #581E9B

square

#9B1E23 #629B1E #1E9B96 #581E9B

split-complementary

#9B1E23 #1E9B58 #1E629B

monochromatic

#340A0C #681417 #9B1E23 #CE282F #DE555B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#9B1E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#9B1E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B1E23

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B1E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B1E23	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b1e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 30, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.160 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1675e',
    500: '#9b1e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b1e23;
$custom-light: #c1675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b1e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45071,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B1E23

secondary

#53C2BD

accent

#EAE43D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B1E23

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

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