#9E211E#9E211E

#9E211E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.162 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E211E
RGB	rgb(158, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(1, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, 50.05, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 60.70, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.82% 0.1434 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(45.82% 0.162 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8806, 8.4529, 2.0761)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E211E #1E9B9E

analogous

#9E1E5B #9E211E #9E611E

triadic

#9E211E #1E9E21 #211E9E

tetradic

#9E211E #5B9E1E #1E9B9E #611E9E

square

#9E211E #5B9E1E #1E9B9E #611E9E

split-complementary

#9E211E #1E9E61 #1E5B9E

monochromatic

#370C0A #6B1614 #9E211E #D12C28 #DF5A57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#9E211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9E211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E211E

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E211E	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)

#48411C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.162 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4685b',
    500: '#9e211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e211e;
$custom-light: #c4685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.406,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45818,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E211E

secondary

#55C0C3

accent

#E7EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E211E

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