#9E2C1B#9E2C1B

#9E2C1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.153 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2C1B
RGB	rgb(158, 44, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, 46.08, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 59.31, 39.02°)
OKLab	oklab(46.83% 0.1304 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(46.83% 0.153 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2009, 9.1519, 2.0028)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2C1B #1B8D9E

analogous

#9E1B4C #9E2C1B #9E6E1B

triadic

#9E2C1B #1B9E2C #2C1B9E

tetradic

#9E2C1B #4C9E1B #1B8D9E #6E1B9E

square

#9E2C1B #4C9E1B #1B8D9E #6E1B9E

split-complementary

#9E2C1B #1B9E6E #1B4C9E

monochromatic

#350F09 #6A1D12 #9E2C1B #D23B24 #E16552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#9E2C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#9E2C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2C1B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2C1B	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 44, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.153 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d59',
    500: '#9e2c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2c1b;
$custom-light: #c36d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.786,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46828,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2C1B

secondary

#51B5C4

accent

#D6EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2C1B

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

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