#9E2A1B#9E2A1B

#9E2A1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.155 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2A1B
RGB	rgb(158, 42, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, 46.84, 37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 59.74, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(46.62% 0.1328 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(46.62% 0.155 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1281, 9.0065, 1.9786)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2A1B #1B8F9E

analogous

#9E1B4E #9E2A1B #9E6C1B

triadic

#9E2A1B #1B9E2A #2A1B9E

tetradic

#9E2A1B #4E9E1B #1B8F9E #6C1B9E

square

#9E2A1B #4E9E1B #1B8F9E #6C1B9E

split-complementary

#9E2A1B #1B9E6C #1B4E9E

monochromatic

#350E09 #6A1C12 #9E2A1B #D23824 #E16252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#9E2A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#9E2A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2A1B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2A1B	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)

#4D4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 42, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.155 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c59',
    500: '#9e2a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2a1b;
$custom-light: #c36c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.87,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4662,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2A1B

secondary

#51B7C4

accent

#D9EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2A1B

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

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