#9E242B#9E242B

#9E242B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.158 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E242B
RGB	rgb(158, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, 49.60, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 56.54, 28.69°)
OKLab	oklab(46.25% 0.1449 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(46.25% 0.158 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1692, 8.7076, 3.1670)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E242B #249E97

analogous

#9E2468 #9E242B #9E5A24

triadic

#9E242B #2B9E24 #242B9E

tetradic

#9E242B #689E24 #249E97 #5A249E

square

#9E242B #689E24 #249E97 #5A249E

split-complementary

#9E242B #249E5A #24689E

monochromatic

#3A0D10 #6C191D #9E242B #D02F39 #DB6168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#9E242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#9E242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E242B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E242B	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48432A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.158 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36a64',
    500: '#9e242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e242b;
$custom-light: #c36a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.557,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46246,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E242B

secondary

#5EC0BB

accent

#E6DD42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E242B

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

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