#9E2117#9E2117

#9E2117 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.162 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2117
RGB	rgb(158, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.84, 49.84, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.84, 62.74, 37.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% 0.1414 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.162 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8009, 8.4211, 1.6566)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2117 #17949E

analogous

#9E1751 #9E2117 #9E6417

triadic

#9E2117 #179E21 #21179E

tetradic

#9E2117 #519E17 #17949E #64179E

square

#9E2117 #519E17 #17949E #64179E

split-complementary

#9E2117 #179E64 #17519E

monochromatic

#330B07 #69160F #9E2117 #D32C1F #E5564B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#9E2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#9E2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2117

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2117	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.162 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46856',
    500: '#9e2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2117;
$custom-light: #c46856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4575,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2117

secondary

#4ABDC6

accent

#E3F137

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2117

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

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