#9E233A#9E233A

#9E233A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.158 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E233A
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 63.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.56, 50.76, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.56, 53.80, 19.36°)
OKLab	oklab(46.43% 0.1519 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(46.43% 0.158 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4669, 8.7790, 4.8823)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E233A #239E87

analogous

#9E2378 #9E233A #9E4923

triadic

#9E233A #3A9E23 #233A9E

tetradic

#9E233A #789E23 #239E87 #49239E

square

#9E233A #789E23 #239E87 #49239E

split-complementary

#9E233A #239E49 #23789E

monochromatic

#3A0D15 #6C1828 #9E233A #D02E4C #DC6077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#9E233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#9E233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E233A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E233A	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46433A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.158 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26a6f',
    500: '#9e233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e233a;
$custom-light: #c26a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.78,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46432,
    "c": 0.15788,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E233A

secondary

#5CC1AE

accent

#E7C841

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E233A

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

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