#9E201C#9E201C

#9E201C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.163 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E201C
RGB	rgb(158, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 82.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 50.29, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 61.47, 35.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.72% 0.1438 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(45.72% 0.163 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8285, 8.3884, 1.9367)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E201C #1C9A9E

analogous

#9E1C59 #9E201C #9E611C

triadic

#9E201C #1C9E20 #201C9E

tetradic

#9E201C #599E1C #1C9A9E #611C9E

square

#9E201C #599E1C #1C9A9E #611C9E

split-complementary

#9E201C #1C9E61 #1C599E

monochromatic

#360B0A #6A1513 #9E201C #D22B25 #E15854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#9E201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#9E201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E201C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E201C	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.163 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46859',
    500: '#9e201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e201c;
$custom-light: #c46859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.846,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45715,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E201C

secondary

#52C0C4

accent

#E7ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E201C

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

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