#9E1518#9E1518

#9E1518 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.170 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1518
RGB	rgb(158, 21, 24)
HSL	hsl(359, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.7%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 53.08, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 64.44, 34.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.1517 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.17 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5354, 7.8738, 1.6184)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1518 #159E9B

analogous

#9E155D #9E1518 #9E5615

triadic

#9E1518 #189E15 #15189E

tetradic

#9E1518 #5D9E15 #159E9B #56159E

square

#9E1518 #5D9E15 #159E9B #56159E

split-complementary

#9E1518 #159E56 #155D9E

monochromatic

#320708 #680E10 #9E1518 #D41C20 #E7474A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#9E1518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#9E1518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1518

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1518	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 21, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.170 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56456',
    500: '#9e1518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1518;
$custom-light: #c56456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44917,
    "c": 0.17007,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1518

secondary

#47C7C5

accent

#F3EF35

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1518

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

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