#9E1716#9E1716

#9E1716 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.169 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1716
RGB	rgb(158, 23, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.4%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 52.57, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 64.72, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% 0.1498 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.169 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5536, 7.9423, 1.5256)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1716 #169D9E

analogous

#9E1659 #9E1716 #9E5B16

triadic

#9E1716 #169E17 #17169E

tetradic

#9E1716 #599E16 #169D9E #5B169E

square

#9E1716 #599E16 #169D9E #5B169E

split-complementary

#9E1716 #169E5B #16599E

monochromatic

#330707 #680F0F #9E1716 #D41F1D #E64A49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#9E1716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#9E1716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1716

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1716	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 23, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.169 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56555',
    500: '#9e1716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1716;
$custom-light: #c56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45018,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1716

secondary

#49C6C7

accent

#F1F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1716

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

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