#9E2C26#9E2C26

#9E2C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.151 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2C26
RGB	rgb(158, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 46.48, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 56.02, 33.93°)
OKLab	oklab(46.95% 0.1339 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(46.95% 0.151 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3528, 9.2127, 2.8032)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2C26 #26989E

analogous

#9E265C #9E2C26 #9E6826

triadic

#9E2C26 #269E2C #2C269E

tetradic

#9E2C26 #5C9E26 #26989E #68269E

square

#9E2C26 #5C9E26 #26989E #68269E

split-complementary

#9E2C26 #269E68 #265C9E

monochromatic

#3B110E #6D1E1A #9E2C26 #CE3B33 #DA6A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#9E2C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9E2C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2C26

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2C26	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)

#4D4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.151 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d61',
    500: '#9e2c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2c26;
$custom-light: #c36d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46951,
    "c": 0.15109,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2C26

secondary

#60BBC0

accent

#DCE443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2C26

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

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