#9E2C22#9E2C22

#9E2C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.152 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2C22
RGB	rgb(158, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 46.32, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 57.19, 35.91°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% 0.1326 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.152 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2917, 9.1883, 2.4814)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2C22 #22949E

analogous

#9E2256 #9E2C22 #9E6A22

triadic

#9E2C22 #229E2C #2C229E

tetradic

#9E2C22 #569E22 #22949E #6A229E

square

#9E2C22 #569E22 #22949E #6A229E

split-complementary

#9E2C22 #229E6A #22569E

monochromatic

#39100C #6C1E17 #9E2C22 #D03A2D #DC685E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#9E2C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9E2C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2C22

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2C22	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)

#4E4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.152 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d5e',
    500: '#9e2c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2c22;
$custom-light: #c36d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.839,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46902,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2C22

secondary

#5BB9C1

accent

#DAE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2C22

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

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