#9E181B#9E181B

#9E181B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.168 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E181B
RGB	rgb(158, 24, 27)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 52.46, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 63.14, 33.81°)
OKLab	oklab(45.13% 0.1504 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(45.13% 0.168 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6269, 8.0039, 1.8115)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E181B #189E9B

analogous

#9E185E #9E181B #9E5818

triadic

#9E181B #1B9E18 #181B9E

tetradic

#9E181B #5E9E18 #189E9B #58189E

square

#9E181B #5E9E18 #189E9B #58189E

split-complementary

#9E181B #189E58 #185E9E

monochromatic

#340809 #691012 #9E181B #D32024 #E44D50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#9E181B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#9E181B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E181B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E181B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E181B	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e181b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 24, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.168 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46558',
    500: '#9e181b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e181b;
$custom-light: #c46558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e181b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.657,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45127,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E181B

secondary

#4CC6C3

accent

#F0EC38

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E181B

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

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