#9E2A21#9E2A21

#9E2A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.154 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2A21
RGB	rgb(158, 42, 33)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.06, 47.05, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.06, 57.94, 35.71°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% 0.1346 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.154 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2048, 9.0372, 2.3823)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2A21 #21959E

analogous

#9E2157 #9E2A21 #9E6921

triadic

#9E2A21 #219E2A #2A219E

tetradic

#9E2A21 #579E21 #21959E #69219E

square

#9E2A21 #579E21 #21959E #69219E

split-complementary

#9E2A21 #219E69 #21579E

monochromatic

#390F0C #6B1D16 #9E2A21 #D1372C #DD665C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#9E2A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#9E2A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2A21

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2A21	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)

#4D451F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 42, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.154 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c5d',
    500: '#9e2a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2a21;
$custom-light: #c36c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.32,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46683,
    "c": 0.15367,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2A21

secondary

#59BAC1

accent

#DCE83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2A21

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

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