#9E2C21#9E2C21

#9E2C21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.152 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2C21
RGB	rgb(158, 44, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 46.28, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 57.49, 36.38°)
OKLab	oklab(46.89% 0.1322 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(46.89% 0.152 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2775, 9.1826, 2.4065)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2C21 #21939E

analogous

#9E2155 #9E2C21 #9E6B21

triadic

#9E2C21 #219E2C #2C219E

tetradic

#9E2C21 #559E21 #21939E #6B219E

square

#9E2C21 #559E21 #21939E #6B219E

split-complementary

#9E2C21 #219E6B #21559E

monochromatic

#39100C #6B1E16 #9E2C21 #D13A2C #DD685C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#9E2C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9E2C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2C21

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2C21	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 44, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.152 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d5d',
    500: '#9e2c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2c21;
$custom-light: #c36d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.28,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4689,
    "c": 0.15189,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2C21

secondary

#59B8C1

accent

#DAE83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2C21

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

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