#9E243B#9E243B

#9E243B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.157 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E243B
RGB	rgb(158, 36, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 62.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, 50.49, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 53.40, 18.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.54% 0.1512 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(46.54% 0.157 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5225, 8.8489, 5.0275)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E243B #249E87

analogous

#9E2478 #9E243B #9E4A24

triadic

#9E243B #3B9E24 #243B9E

tetradic

#9E243B #789E24 #249E87 #4A249E

square

#9E243B #789E24 #249E87 #4A249E

split-complementary

#9E243B #249E4A #24789E

monochromatic

#3A0D16 #6C1928 #9E243B #D02F4E #DB6178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#9E243B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#9E243B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E243B

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E243B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E243B	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46443B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e243b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 36, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.157 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26a70',
    500: '#9e243b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e243b;
$custom-light: #c26a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e243b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.689,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4654,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E243B

secondary

#5EC0AE

accent

#E6C742

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E243B

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

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