#9E2A39#9E2A39

#9E2A39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.151 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2A39
RGB	rgb(158, 42, 57)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 63.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 48.26, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 52.08, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.06% 0.1436 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(47.06% 0.151 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6687, 9.2227, 4.8252)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2A39 #2A9E8F

analogous

#9E2A73 #9E2A39 #9E552A

triadic

#9E2A39 #399E2A #2A399E

tetradic

#9E2A39 #739E2A #2A9E8F #552A9E

square

#9E2A39 #739E2A #2A9E8F #552A9E

split-complementary

#9E2A39 #2A9E55 #2A739E

monochromatic

#3D1016 #6E1D28 #9E2A39 #CB3A4D #D86B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#9E2A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9E2A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2A39

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2A39	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 42, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.151 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16d6f',
    500: '#9e2a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2a39;
$custom-light: #c16d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.241,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4706,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2A39

secondary

#66BEB3

accent

#E1CD47

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2A39

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

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