#9E223B#9E223B

#9E223B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.159 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E223B
RGB	rgb(158, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 62.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.46, 51.14, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.46, 53.91, 18.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.37% 0.1533 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(46.37% 0.159 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4636, 8.7312, 5.0079)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E223B #229E85

analogous

#9E2279 #9E223B #9E4722

triadic

#9E223B #3B9E22 #223B9E

tetradic

#9E223B #799E22 #229E85 #47229E

square

#9E223B #799E22 #229E85 #47229E

split-complementary

#9E223B #229E47 #22799E

monochromatic

#390C15 #6C1728 #9E223B #D02D4E #DC5E78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#9E223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#9E223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E223B

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E223B	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45433B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.159 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26970',
    500: '#9e223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e223b;
$custom-light: #c26970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.903,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4637,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E223B

secondary

#5BC1AC

accent

#E8C640

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E223B

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

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