#9E221C#9E221C

#9E221C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.161 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E221C
RGB	rgb(158, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 82.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 49.67, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 61.09, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% 0.1418 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.161 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8840, 8.4994, 1.9552)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E221C #1C989E

analogous

#9E1C57 #9E221C #9E631C

triadic

#9E221C #1C9E22 #221C9E

tetradic

#9E221C #579E1C #1C989E #631C9E

square

#9E221C #579E1C #1C989E #631C9E

split-complementary

#9E221C #1C9E63 #1C579E

monochromatic

#360C0A #6A1713 #9E221C #D22D25 #E15A54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#9E221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9E221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E221C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E221C	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)

#49411A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.161 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46959',
    500: '#9e221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e221c;
$custom-light: #c46959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.769,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45881,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E221C

secondary

#52BEC4

accent

#E4ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E221C

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

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