#9E232F#9E232F

#9E232F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.158 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E232F
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 70.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, 50.12, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 55.83, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.1475 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.158 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2164, 8.6787, 3.5627)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E232F #239E92

analogous

#9E236D #9E232F #9E5423

triadic

#9E232F #2F9E23 #232F9E

tetradic

#9E232F #6D9E23 #239E92 #54239E

square

#9E232F #6D9E23 #239E92 #54239E

split-complementary

#9E232F #239E54 #236D9E

monochromatic

#3A0D11 #6C1820 #9E232F #D02E3E #DC606C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#9E232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#9E232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E232F

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E232F	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.158 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26967',
    500: '#9e232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e232f;
$custom-light: #c26967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.146,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46223,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E232F

secondary

#5CC1B7

accent

#E7D741

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E232F

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

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