#9E1520#9E1520

#9E1520 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.169 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1520
RGB	rgb(158, 21, 32)
HSL	hsl(355, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.7%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 53.32, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 62.20, 31.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.1542 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.169 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6312, 7.9121, 2.1230)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1520 #159E93

analogous

#9E1565 #9E1520 #9E4E15

triadic

#9E1520 #209E15 #15209E

tetradic

#9E1520 #659E15 #159E93 #4E159E

square

#9E1520 #659E15 #159E93 #4E159E

split-complementary

#9E1520 #159E4E #15659E

monochromatic

#32070A #680E15 #9E1520 #D41C2B #E74754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#9E1520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#9E1520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1520

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1520	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 21, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.169 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4645c',
    500: '#9e1520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1520;
$custom-light: #c4645c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.182,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45002,
    "c": 0.16929,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1520

secondary

#47C7BD

accent

#F3E435

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150604

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1520

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

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