#9E2817#9E2817

#9E2817 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.157 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2817
RGB	rgb(158, 40, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.70, 47.47, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.70, 61.35, 39.31°)
OKLab	oklab(46.39% 0.134 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(46.39% 0.157 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0158, 8.8509, 1.7282)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2817 #178D9E

analogous

#9E1749 #9E2817 #9E6C17

triadic

#9E2817 #179E28 #28179E

tetradic

#9E2817 #499E17 #178D9E #6C179E

square

#9E2817 #499E17 #178D9E #6C179E

split-complementary

#9E2817 #179E6C #17499E

monochromatic

#330D07 #691A0F #9E2817 #D3361F #E55E4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#9E2817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#9E2817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2817

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2817	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)

#4C4313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695D10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 40, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.157 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46b56',
    500: '#9e2817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2817;
$custom-light: #c46b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46385,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2817

secondary

#4AB7C6

accent

#DAF137

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2817

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

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