#9E231C#9E231C

#9E231C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.160 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E231C
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 82.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 49.34, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 60.89, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.1408 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.16 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9130, 8.5574, 1.9649)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E231C #1C979E

analogous

#9E1C56 #9E231C #9E641C

triadic

#9E231C #1C9E23 #231C9E

tetradic

#9E231C #569E1C #1C979E #641C9E

square

#9E231C #569E1C #1C979E #641C9E

split-complementary

#9E231C #1C9E64 #1C569E

monochromatic

#360C0A #6A1713 #9E231C #D22F25 #E15B54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#9E231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9E231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E231C

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E231C	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)

#49411A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.160 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46959',
    500: '#9e231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e231c;
$custom-light: #c46959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.231,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45967,
    "c": 0.16023,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E231C

secondary

#52BEC4

accent

#E3ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E231C

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

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