#9E1718#9E1718

#9E1718 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.169 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1718
RGB	rgb(158, 23, 24)
HSL	hsl(360, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(360, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.4%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 52.62, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 64.15, 34.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.04% 0.1503 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(45.04% 0.169 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5737, 7.9503, 1.6312)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1718 #179E9D

analogous

#9E175B #9E1718 #9E5A17

triadic

#9E1718 #189E17 #17189E

tetradic

#9E1718 #5B9E17 #179E9D #5A179E

square

#9E1718 #5B9E17 #179E9D #5A179E

split-complementary

#9E1718 #179E5A #175B9E

monochromatic

#330708 #690F10 #9E1718 #D31F20 #E54B4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#9E1718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#9E1718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1718

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1718	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)

#453D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 23, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.169 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46556',
    500: '#9e1718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1718;
$custom-light: #c46556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45036,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1718

secondary

#4AC6C5

accent

#F1F037

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1718

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

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