#9E1E23#9E1E23

#9E1E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.163 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E1E23
RGB	rgb(158, 30, 35)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.64, 51.13, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.64, 59.86, 31.34°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.1479 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.163 25)
XYZ	xyz(14.8700, 8.3214, 2.4130)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E1E23 #1E9E99

analogous

#9E1E63 #9E1E23 #9E591E

triadic

#9E1E23 #239E1E #1E239E

tetradic

#9E1E23 #639E1E #1E9E99 #591E9E

square

#9E1E23 #639E1E #1E9E99 #591E9E

split-complementary

#9E1E23 #1E9E59 #1E639E

monochromatic

#370A0C #6B1418 #9E1E23 #D1282E #DF575D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#9E1E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#9E1E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E1E23

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E1E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E1E23	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e1e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 30, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.163 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3675e',
    500: '#9e1e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e1e23;
$custom-light: #c3675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e1e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.656,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45639,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.08319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E1E23

secondary

#55C3BE

accent

#EBE43D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E1E23

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

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