#9E2B38#9E2B38

#9E2B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.150 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2B38
RGB	rgb(158, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 64.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, 47.82, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 51.97, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.142 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.15 19)
XYZ	xyz(15.6799, 9.2847, 4.7071)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2B38 #2B9E91

analogous

#9E2B72 #9E2B38 #9E572B

triadic

#9E2B38 #389E2B #2B389E

tetradic

#9E2B38 #729E2B #2B9E91 #572B9E

square

#9E2B38 #729E2B #2B9E91 #572B9E

split-complementary

#9E2B38 #2B9E57 #2B729E

monochromatic

#3E1116 #6E1E27 #9E2B38 #CA3C4C #D76C78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#9E2B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#9E2B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2B38

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2B38	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0531

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.150 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16d6e',
    500: '#9e2b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2b38;
$custom-light: #c16d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.217,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47141,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.09282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2B38

secondary

#67BEB4

accent

#E0CF47

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2B38

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

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