#9E201B#9E201B

#9E201B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.163 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E201B
RGB	rgb(158, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, 50.26, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 61.76, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.1435 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.163 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8167, 8.3837, 1.8748)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E201B #1B999E

analogous

#9E1B58 #9E201B #9E621B

triadic

#9E201B #1B9E20 #201B9E

tetradic

#9E201B #589E1B #1B999E #621B9E

square

#9E201B #589E1B #1B999E #621B9E

split-complementary

#9E201B #1B9E62 #1B589E

monochromatic

#350B09 #6A1512 #9E201B #D22B24 #E15752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#9E201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#9E201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E201B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E201B	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.163 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46859',
    500: '#9e201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e201b;
$custom-light: #c46859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.29,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45705,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E201B

secondary

#51C0C4

accent

#E7EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E201B

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

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