#9E1616#9E1616

#9E1616 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.170 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1616
RGB	rgb(158, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 52.80, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 64.87, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.1505 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.17 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5341, 7.9033, 1.5191)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1616 #169E9E

analogous

#9E165A #9E1616 #9E5A16

triadic

#9E1616 #169E16 #16169E

tetradic

#9E1616 #5A9E16 #169E9E #5A169E

square

#9E1616 #5A9E16 #169E9E #5A169E

split-complementary

#9E1616 #169E5A #165A9E

monochromatic

#330707 #680F0F #9E1616 #D41D1D #E64949

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#9E1616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#9E1616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1616

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1616	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.170 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56455',
    500: '#9e1616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1616;
$custom-light: #c56455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44957,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1616

secondary

#49C7C7

accent

#F2F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1616

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

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