#9E2A22#9E2A22

#9E2A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.154 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2A22
RGB	rgb(158, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.07, 47.08, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.07, 57.64, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.7% 0.1349 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(46.7% 0.154 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2190, 9.0429, 2.4572)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2A22 #22969E

analogous

#9E2258 #9E2A22 #9E6822

triadic

#9E2A22 #229E2A #2A229E

tetradic

#9E2A22 #589E22 #22969E #68229E

square

#9E2A22 #589E22 #22969E #68229E

split-complementary

#9E2A22 #229E68 #22589E

monochromatic

#390F0C #6C1D17 #9E2A22 #D0372D #DC665E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#9E2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#9E2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2A22

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2A22	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)

#4C4520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.154 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c5e',
    500: '#9e2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2a22;
$custom-light: #c36c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46695,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2A22

secondary

#5BBAC1

accent

#DDE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2A22

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

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