#9E233B#9E233B

#9E233B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.158 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9E233B
RGBrgb(158, 35, 59)
HSLhsl(348, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(348, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.8%, 62.7%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(35.58, 50.82, 17.22)
CIE-LCHlch(35.58, 53.66, 18.72°)
OKLaboklab(46.45% 0.1523 0.0419)
OKLCHoklch(46.45% 0.158 15.4)
XYZxyz(15.4926, 8.7892, 5.0175)
Luminance0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9E233B #239E86
analogous
#9E2378 #9E233B #9E4923
triadic
#9E233B #3B9E23 #233B9E
tetradic
#9E233B #789E23 #239E86 #49239E
square
#9E233B #789E23 #239E86 #49239E
split-complementary
#9E233B #239E49 #23789E
monochromatic
#3A0D16 #6C1828 #9E233B #D02E4E #DC6078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62
#9E233B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76
#9E233B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E233B
7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9E233B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9E233B1.007.622.767.62
#FFFFFF7.621.0021.001.00
#0000002.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#46433B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#655D38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD002D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9e233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.158 15.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26a70',
    500: '#9e233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9e233b;
$custom-light: #c26a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9e233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.293,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46454,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9E233B
secondary
#5CC1AD
accent
#E7C641
background
#FCF6F6
surface
#F9ECEC
border
#D2C7C7
text
#140707
muted
#827A7A

Preview Lab

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#9E233B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva