#9E2B1B#9E2B1B

#9E2B1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.154 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2B1B
RGB	rgb(158, 43, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, 46.47, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 59.52, 38.68°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.1316 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.154 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1641, 9.0783, 1.9905)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2B1B #1B8E9E

analogous

#9E1B4D #9E2B1B #9E6D1B

triadic

#9E2B1B #1B9E2B #2B1B9E

tetradic

#9E2B1B #4D9E1B #1B8E9E #6D1B9E

square

#9E2B1B #4D9E1B #1B8E9E #6D1B9E

split-complementary

#9E2B1B #1B9E6D #1B4D9E

monochromatic

#350F09 #6A1D12 #9E2B1B #D23924 #E16352

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#9E2B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#9E2B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2B1B

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2B1B	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 43, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.154 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d59',
    500: '#9e2b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2b1b;
$custom-light: #c36d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.328,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46723,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2B1B

secondary

#51B6C4

accent

#D8EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2B1B

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

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