#9E2A20#9E2A20

#9E2A20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.154 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2A20
RGB	rgb(158, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, 47.01, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 58.23, 36.17°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% 0.1343 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.154 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1910, 9.0317, 2.3096)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2A20 #20949E

analogous

#9E2055 #9E2A20 #9E6920

triadic

#9E2A20 #209E2A #2A209E

tetradic

#9E2A20 #559E20 #20949E #69209E

square

#9E2A20 #559E20 #20949E #69209E

split-complementary

#9E2A20 #209E69 #20559E

monochromatic

#380F0B #6B1C16 #9E2A20 #D1382A #DE655B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#9E2A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#9E2A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2A20

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2A20	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.154 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c5c',
    500: '#9e2a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2a20;
$custom-light: #c36c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46672,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2A20

secondary

#58B9C2

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2A20

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

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