#9E1B27#9E1B27

#9E1B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.165 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1B27
RGB	rgb(158, 27, 39)
HSL	hsl(355, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.40, 52.12, 28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.40, 59.37, 28.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.47% 0.152 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(45.47% 0.165 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8605, 8.2018, 2.7197)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1B27 #1B9E92

analogous

#9E1B69 #9E1B27 #9E511B

triadic

#9E1B27 #279E1B #1B279E

tetradic

#9E1B27 #699E1B #1B9E92 #511B9E

square

#9E1B27 #699E1B #1B9E92 #511B9E

split-complementary

#9E1B27 #1B9E51 #1B699E

monochromatic

#35090D #6A121A #9E1B27 #D22434 #E1525F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#9E1B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#9E1B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1B27

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1B27	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 27, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.165 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36661',
    500: '#9e1b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1b27;
$custom-light: #c36661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45474,
    "c": 0.16492,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1B27

secondary

#51C4BA

accent

#EEDD3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1B27

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

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