#9E2B22#9E2B22

#9E2B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.153 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2B22
RGB	rgb(158, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, 46.71, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 57.42, 35.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.8% 0.1338 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(46.8% 0.153 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2549, 9.1147, 2.4691)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2B22 #22959E

analogous

#9E2257 #9E2B22 #9E6922

triadic

#9E2B22 #229E2B #2B229E

tetradic

#9E2B22 #579E22 #22959E #69229E

square

#9E2B22 #579E22 #22959E #69229E

split-complementary

#9E2B22 #229E69 #22579E

monochromatic

#39100C #6C1D17 #9E2B22 #D0392D #DC675E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#9E2B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#9E2B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2B22

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2B22	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)

#4D4520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.153 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d5e',
    500: '#9e2b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2b22;
$custom-light: #c36d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.355,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46797,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2B22

secondary

#5BBAC1

accent

#DBE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2B22

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

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