#9E2819#9E2819

#9E2819 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.157 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2819
RGB	rgb(158, 40, 25)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.71, 47.53, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.71, 60.76, 38.54°)
OKLab	oklab(46.4% 0.1345 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(46.4% 0.157 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0366, 8.8592, 1.8378)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2819 #198F9E

analogous

#9E194C #9E2819 #9E6A19

triadic

#9E2819 #199E28 #28199E

tetradic

#9E2819 #4C9E19 #198F9E #6A199E

square

#9E2819 #4C9E19 #198F9E #6A199E

split-complementary

#9E2819 #199E6A #194C9E

monochromatic

#340D08 #691B11 #9E2819 #D33521 #E35F4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#9E2819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#9E2819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2819

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2819	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)

#4C4316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 40, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.157 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46b58',
    500: '#9e2819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2819;
$custom-light: #c46b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.767,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46402,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2819

secondary

#4EB8C5

accent

#DBEF38

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2819

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

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