#9E2B21#9E2B21

#9E2B21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.153 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2B21
RGB	rgb(158, 43, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.19, 46.67, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.19, 57.71, 36.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% 0.1334 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.153 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2407, 9.1090, 2.3943)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2B21 #21949E

analogous

#9E2156 #9E2B21 #9E6A21

triadic

#9E2B21 #219E2B #2B219E

tetradic

#9E2B21 #569E21 #21949E #6A219E

square

#9E2B21 #569E21 #21949E #6A219E

split-complementary

#9E2B21 #219E6A #21569E

monochromatic

#390F0C #6B1D16 #9E2B21 #D1392C #DD675C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#9E2B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#9E2B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2B21

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2B21	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 43, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.153 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d5d',
    500: '#9e2b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2b21;
$custom-light: #c36d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46786,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2B21

secondary

#59B9C1

accent

#DBE83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2B21

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

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