#9E2217#9E2217

#9E2217 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.162 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2217
RGB	rgb(158, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 49.52, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 62.55, 37.65°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% 0.1404 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.162 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8291, 8.4774, 1.6659)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2217 #17939E

analogous

#9E174F #9E2217 #9E6517

triadic

#9E2217 #179E22 #22179E

tetradic

#9E2217 #4F9E17 #17939E #65179E

square

#9E2217 #4F9E17 #17939E #65179E

split-complementary

#9E2217 #179E65 #174F9E

monochromatic

#330B07 #69170F #9E2217 #D32D1F #E5574B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#9E2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9E2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2217

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2217	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.162 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46856',
    500: '#9e2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2217;
$custom-light: #c46856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45835,
    "c": 0.16167,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2217

secondary

#4ABCC6

accent

#E2F137

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2217

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

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