#9E1828#9E1828

#9E1828 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.167 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1828
RGB	rgb(158, 24, 40)
HSL	hsl(353, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 52.93, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 59.65, 27.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.1548 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.167 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8120, 8.0780, 2.7864)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1828 #189E8E

analogous

#9E186B #9E1828 #9E4B18

triadic

#9E1828 #289E18 #18289E

tetradic

#9E1828 #6B9E18 #189E8E #4B189E

square

#9E1828 #6B9E18 #189E8E #4B189E

split-complementary

#9E1828 #189E4B #186B9E

monochromatic

#34080D #69101B #9E1828 #D32035 #E44D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#9E1828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#9E1828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1828

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1828	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 24, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.167 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36562',
    500: '#9e1828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1828;
$custom-light: #c36562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.836,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4529,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1828

secondary

#4CC6B7

accent

#F0DA38

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBEA

border

#D3C6C6

text

#140605

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1828

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

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