#9E241B#9E241B

#9E241B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.160 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E241B
RGB	rgb(158, 36, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 48.98, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 60.98, 36.56°)
OKLab	oklab(46.05% 0.1395 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(46.05% 0.16 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9311, 8.6124, 1.9129)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E241B #1B959E

analogous

#9E1B54 #9E241B #9E661B

triadic

#9E241B #1B9E24 #241B9E

tetradic

#9E241B #549E1B #1B959E #661B9E

square

#9E241B #549E1B #1B959E #661B9E

split-complementary

#9E241B #1B9E66 #1B549E

monochromatic

#350C09 #6A1812 #9E241B #D23024 #E15C52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#9E241B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#9E241B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E241B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E241B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E241B	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e241b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 36, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.160 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46959',
    500: '#9e241b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e241b;
$custom-light: #c46959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e241b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.122,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46046,
    "c": 0.15959,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E241B

secondary

#51BCC4

accent

#E1EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E241B

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

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