#9B1E28#9B1E28

#9B1E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.160 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B1E28
RGB	rgb(155, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, 50.43, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 57.34, 28.43°)
OKLab	oklab(45.14% 0.1472 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(45.14% 0.16 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3665, 8.0526, 2.8049)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B1E28 #1E9B91

analogous

#9B1E67 #9B1E28 #9B531E

triadic

#9B1E28 #289B1E #1E289B

tetradic

#9B1E28 #679B1E #1E9B91 #531E9B

square

#9B1E28 #679B1E #1E9B91 #531E9B

split-complementary

#9B1E28 #1E9B53 #1E679B

monochromatic

#340A0E #68141B #9B1E28 #CE2835 #DE5560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#9B1E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#9B1E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B1E28

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B1E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B1E28	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b1e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.160 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16762',
    500: '#9b1e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b1e28;
$custom-light: #c16762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b1e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45141,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B1E28

secondary

#53C2B9

accent

#EADD3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBEA

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B1E28

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

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