#9E1B28#9E1B28

#9E1B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.165 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1B28
RGB	rgb(158, 27, 40)
HSL	hsl(354, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.41, 52.16, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.41, 59.12, 28.08°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.1524 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.165 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8773, 8.2086, 2.8081)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1B28 #1B9E91

analogous

#9E1B6A #9E1B28 #9E501B

triadic

#9E1B28 #289E1B #1B289E

tetradic

#9E1B28 #6A9E1B #1B9E91 #501B9E

square

#9E1B28 #6A9E1B #1B9E91 #501B9E

split-complementary

#9E1B28 #1B9E50 #1B6A9E

monochromatic

#35090E #6A121B #9E1B28 #D22435 #E15260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#9E1B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#9E1B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1B28

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1B28	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 27, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.165 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36662',
    500: '#9e1b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1b28;
$custom-light: #c36662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.046,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45489,
    "c": 0.16484,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1B28

secondary

#51C4B9

accent

#EEDC3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBEA

border

#D3C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1B28

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

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