#9E211B#9E211B

#9E211B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.162 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E211B
RGB	rgb(158, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.88, 49.95, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.88, 61.57, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.79% 0.1425 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(45.79% 0.162 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8441, 8.4383, 1.8839)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E211B #1B989E

analogous

#9E1B57 #9E211B #9E631B

triadic

#9E211B #1B9E21 #211B9E

tetradic

#9E211B #579E1B #1B989E #631B9E

square

#9E211B #579E1B #1B989E #631B9E

split-complementary

#9E211B #1B9E63 #1B579E

monochromatic

#350B09 #6A1612 #9E211B #D22C24 #E15952

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#9E211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9E211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E211B

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E211B	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.162 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46859',
    500: '#9e211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e211b;
$custom-light: #c46859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.748,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45787,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E211B

secondary

#51BFC4

accent

#E5EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E211B

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

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