#9E2831#9E2831

#9E2831 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.154 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2831
RGB	rgb(158, 40, 49)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, 48.51, 24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 54.18, 26.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.71% 0.1428 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(46.71% 0.154 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4154, 9.0107, 3.8327)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2831 #289E95

analogous

#9E286C #9E2831 #9E5A28

triadic

#9E2831 #319E28 #28319E

tetradic

#9E2831 #6C9E28 #289E95 #5A289E

square

#9E2831 #6C9E28 #289E95 #5A289E

split-complementary

#9E2831 #289E5A #286C9E

monochromatic

#3C0F13 #6D1C22 #9E2831 #CC3742 #D96870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#9E2831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#9E2831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2831

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2831	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 40, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.154 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26c69',
    500: '#9e2831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2831;
$custom-light: #c26c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.424,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46714,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2831

secondary

#63BFB8

accent

#E3D745

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2831

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

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