#9E2B31#9E2B31

#9E2B31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.151 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2B31
RGB	rgb(158, 43, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 47.40, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 53.41, 27.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.01% 0.1392 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(47.01% 0.151 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5205, 9.2209, 3.8677)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2B31 #2B9E98

analogous

#9E2B6A #9E2B31 #9E5F2B

triadic

#9E2B31 #319E2B #2B319E

tetradic

#9E2B31 #6A9E2B #2B9E98 #5F2B9E

square

#9E2B31 #6A9E2B #2B9E98 #5F2B9E

split-complementary

#9E2B31 #2B9E5F #2B6A9E

monochromatic

#3E1113 #6E1E22 #9E2B31 #CA3C44 #D76C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#9E2B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9E2B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2B31

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2B31	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)

#4B4630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE012E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 43, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.151 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26d69',
    500: '#9e2b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2b31;
$custom-light: #c26d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.87,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47013,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2B31

secondary

#67BEB9

accent

#E0D847

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2B31

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

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