#9E231F#9E231F

#9E231F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.160 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E231F
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 80.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 49.44, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 60.01, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(46% 0.1417 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(46% 0.16 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9507, 8.5725, 2.1635)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E231F #1F9A9E

analogous

#9E1F5A #9E231F #9E631F

triadic

#9E231F #1F9E23 #231F9E

tetradic

#9E231F #5A9E1F #1F9A9E #631F9E

square

#9E231F #5A9E1F #1F9A9E #631F9E

split-complementary

#9E231F #1F9E63 #1F5A9E

monochromatic

#380C0B #6B1815 #9E231F #D12E29 #DE5D59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#9E231F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9E231F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E231F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E231F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E231F	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49421D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e231f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.160 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4695b',
    500: '#9e231f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e231f;
$custom-light: #c4695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e231f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.89,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45999,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E231F

secondary

#56BFC2

accent

#E5EA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E231F

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

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