#9E1519#9E1519

#9E1519 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.170 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1519
RGB	rgb(158, 21, 25)
HSL	hsl(358, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.7%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 53.10, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 64.16, 34.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.152 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.17 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5460, 7.8781, 1.6742)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1519 #159E9A

analogous

#9E155E #9E1519 #9E5515

triadic

#9E1519 #199E15 #15199E

tetradic

#9E1519 #5E9E15 #159E9A #55159E

square

#9E1519 #5E9E15 #159E9A #55159E

split-complementary

#9E1519 #159E55 #155E9E

monochromatic

#320708 #680E10 #9E1519 #D41C22 #E7474C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#9E1519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#9E1519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1519

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1519	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 21, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.170 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46457',
    500: '#9e1519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1519;
$custom-light: #c46457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.248,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44926,
    "c": 0.16997,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1519

secondary

#47C7C4

accent

#F3EE35

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1519

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

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