#9E233E#9E233E

#9E233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.158 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E233E
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 60.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.64, 51.02, 15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.64, 53.29, 16.77°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% 0.1535 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.158 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5727, 8.8213, 5.4392)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E233E #239E83

analogous

#9E237C #9E233E #9E4523

triadic

#9E233E #3E9E23 #233E9E

tetradic

#9E233E #7C9E23 #239E83 #45239E

square

#9E233E #7C9E23 #239E83 #45239E

split-complementary

#9E233E #239E45 #237C9E

monochromatic

#3A0D17 #6C182A #9E233E #D02E52 #DC607B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#9E233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#9E233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E233E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E233E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45443E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.158 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16a73',
    500: '#9e233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e233e;
$custom-light: #c16a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.829,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4652,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E233E

secondary

#5CC1AB

accent

#E7C241

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E233E

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

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