#9E2C23#9E2C23

#9E2C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.152 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2C23
RGB	rgb(158, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.36, 46.36, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.36, 56.90, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.91% 0.1329 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(46.91% 0.152 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3064, 9.1941, 2.5585)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2C23 #23959E

analogous

#9E2358 #9E2C23 #9E6923

triadic

#9E2C23 #239E2C #2C239E

tetradic

#9E2C23 #589E23 #23959E #69239E

square

#9E2C23 #589E23 #23959E #69239E

split-complementary

#9E2C23 #239E69 #23589E

monochromatic

#3A100D #6C1E18 #9E2C23 #D03A2E #DC6960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#9E2C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9E2C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2C23

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2C23	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)

#4D4621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.152 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d5f',
    500: '#9e2c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2c23;
$custom-light: #c36d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46914,
    "c": 0.15156,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2C23

secondary

#5CB9C1

accent

#DBE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2C23

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

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