#9E1417#9E1417

#9E1417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.171 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1417
RGB	rgb(158, 20, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.3%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 53.27, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 64.87, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.1521 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.171 27)
XYZ	xyz(14.5072, 7.8337, 1.5587)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1417 #149E9B

analogous

#9E145C #9E1417 #9E5614

triadic

#9E1417 #179E14 #14179E

tetradic

#9E1417 #5C9E14 #149E9B #56149E

square

#9E1417 #5C9E14 #149E9B #56149E

split-complementary

#9E1417 #149E56 #145C9E

monochromatic

#310607 #680D0F #9E1417 #D41B1F #E74548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#9E1417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#9E1417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1417

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1417	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65590E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 20, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.171 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56455',
    500: '#9e1417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1417;
$custom-light: #c56455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44852,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.07831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1417

secondary

#46C8C5

accent

#F4F034

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1417

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

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