#9E161B#9E161B

#9E161B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.169 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E161B
RGB	rgb(158, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 52.94, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 63.45, 33.45°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.1519 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.169 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5871, 7.9245, 1.7982)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E161B #169E99

analogous

#9E165F #9E161B #9E5516

triadic

#9E161B #1B9E16 #161B9E

tetradic

#9E161B #5F9E16 #169E99 #55169E

square

#9E161B #5F9E16 #169E99 #55169E

split-complementary

#9E161B #169E55 #165F9E

monochromatic

#330709 #680F12 #9E161B #D41D24 #E6494F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#9E161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#9E161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E161B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E161B	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)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.169 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46458',
    500: '#9e161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e161b;
$custom-light: #c46458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45004,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E161B

secondary

#49C7C2

accent

#F2EB36

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E161B

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

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