#9E2C25#9E2C25

#9E2C25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.151 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2C25
RGB	rgb(158, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.38, 46.44, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.38, 56.31, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(46.94% 0.1336 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(46.94% 0.151 28)
XYZ	xyz(15.3369, 9.2064, 2.7193)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2C25 #25979E

analogous

#9E255A #9E2C25 #9E6825

triadic

#9E2C25 #259E2C #2C259E

tetradic

#9E2C25 #5A9E25 #25979E #68259E

square

#9E2C25 #5A9E25 #25979E #68259E

split-complementary

#9E2C25 #259E68 #255A9E

monochromatic

#3B100E #6C1E19 #9E2C25 #CF3A31 #DA6A63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#9E2C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9E2C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2C25

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2C25	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.151 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d60',
    500: '#9e2c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2c25;
$custom-light: #c36d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.471,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46939,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2C25

secondary

#5FBAC0

accent

#DCE543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2C25

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

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