#9E231A#9E231A

#9E231A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.161 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E231A
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 49.28, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 61.48, 36.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% 0.1402 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.161 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8899, 8.5481, 1.8430)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E231A #1A959E

analogous

#9E1A53 #9E231A #9E651A

triadic

#9E231A #1A9E23 #231A9E

tetradic

#9E231A #539E1A #1A959E #651A9E

square

#9E231A #539E1A #1A959E #651A9E

split-complementary

#9E231A #1A9E65 #1A539E

monochromatic

#350C09 #691711 #9E231A #D32F23 #E25A50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#9E231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9E231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E231A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E231A	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.161 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46958',
    500: '#9e231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e231a;
$custom-light: #c46958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45948,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E231A

secondary

#4FBDC5

accent

#E2EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E231A

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

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