#9E2A24#9E2A24

#9E2A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.153 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2A24
RGB	rgb(158, 42, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.09, 47.16, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.09, 57.06, 34.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.1356 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.153 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2487, 9.0547, 2.6135)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2A24 #24989E

analogous

#9E245B #9E2A24 #9E6724

triadic

#9E2A24 #249E2A #2A249E

tetradic

#9E2A24 #5B9E24 #24989E #67249E

square

#9E2A24 #5B9E24 #24989E #67249E

split-complementary

#9E2A24 #249E67 #245B9E

monochromatic

#3A100D #6C1D19 #9E2A24 #D0372F #DB6761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#9E2A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#9E2A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2A24

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2A24	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 42, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.153 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c5f',
    500: '#9e2a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2a24;
$custom-light: #c36c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46719,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2A24

secondary

#5EBBC0

accent

#DEE642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2A24

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

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