#9E151B#9E151B

#9E151B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.170 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E151B
RGB	rgb(158, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.7%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 53.16, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 63.59, 33.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.1526 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.17 26)
XYZ	xyz(14.5684, 7.8870, 1.7920)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E151B #159E98

analogous

#9E1560 #9E151B #9E5315

triadic

#9E151B #1B9E15 #151B9E

tetradic

#9E151B #609E15 #159E98 #53159E

square

#9E151B #609E15 #159E98 #53159E

split-complementary

#9E151B #159E53 #15609E

monochromatic

#320709 #680E12 #9E151B #D41C24 #E7474E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#9E151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#9E151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E151B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E151B	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)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.170 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46458',
    500: '#9e151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e151b;
$custom-light: #c46458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.372,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44946,
    "c": 0.16977,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.07885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E151B

secondary

#47C7C2

accent

#F3EB35

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E151B

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

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