#9E221B#9E221B

#9E221B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.161 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E221B
RGB	rgb(158, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, 49.64, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 61.38, 36.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.1415 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.161 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8722, 8.4947, 1.8933)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E221B #1B979E

analogous

#9E1B56 #9E221B #9E641B

triadic

#9E221B #1B9E22 #221B9E

tetradic

#9E221B #569E1B #1B979E #641B9E

square

#9E221B #569E1B #1B979E #641B9E

split-complementary

#9E221B #1B9E64 #1B569E

monochromatic

#350C09 #6A1712 #9E221B #D22D24 #E15A52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#9E221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9E221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E221B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E221B	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.161 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46959',
    500: '#9e221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e221b;
$custom-light: #c46959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.206,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45871,
    "c": 0.16114,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E221B

secondary

#51BEC4

accent

#E4EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E221B

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

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