#9E2A25#9E2A25

#9E2A25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.153 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2A25
RGB	rgb(158, 42, 37)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.10, 47.20, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.10, 56.77, 33.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.73% 0.136 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(46.73% 0.153 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2642, 9.0609, 2.6951)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2A25 #25999E

analogous

#9E255C #9E2A25 #9E6625

triadic

#9E2A25 #259E2A #2A259E

tetradic

#9E2A25 #5C9E25 #25999E #66259E

square

#9E2A25 #5C9E25 #25999E #66259E

split-complementary

#9E2A25 #259E66 #255C9E

monochromatic

#3B100E #6C1D19 #9E2A25 #CF3831 #DA6863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#9E2A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#9E2A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2A25

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2A25	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)

#4C4523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 42, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.153 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c60',
    500: '#9e2a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2a25;
$custom-light: #c36c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.479,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46731,
    "c": 0.15307,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2A25

secondary

#5FBCC0

accent

#DEE543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2A25

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

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