#9E191B#9E191B

#9E191B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.167 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E191B
RGB	rgb(158, 25, 27)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 52.22, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 62.98, 34.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45.19% 0.1496 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(45.19% 0.167 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6478, 8.0459, 1.8185)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E191B #199E9C

analogous

#9E195D #9E191B #9E5919

triadic

#9E191B #1B9E19 #191B9E

tetradic

#9E191B #5D9E19 #199E9C #59199E

square

#9E191B #5D9E19 #199E9C #59199E

split-complementary

#9E191B #199E59 #195D9E

monochromatic

#340809 #691112 #9E191B #D32124 #E34E51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#9E191B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#9E191B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E191B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E191B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E191B	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e191b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 25, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.167 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46558',
    500: '#9e191b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e191b;
$custom-light: #c46558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e191b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45192,
    "c": 0.16741,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E191B

secondary

#4EC5C3

accent

#EFED38

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E191B

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

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