#9E2C36#9E2C36

#9E2C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.149 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2C36
RGB	rgb(158, 44, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 65.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, 47.31, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 52.07, 24.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.14 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.149 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6687, 9.3391, 4.4669)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2C36 #2C9E94

analogous

#9E2C6F #9E2C36 #9E5B2C

triadic

#9E2C36 #369E2C #2C369E

tetradic

#9E2C36 #6F9E2C #2C9E94 #5B2C9E

square

#9E2C36 #6F9E2C #2C9E94 #5B2C9E

split-complementary

#9E2C36 #2C9E5B #2C6F9E

monochromatic

#3E1115 #6E1F26 #9E2C36 #C93E4A #D76E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#9E2C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#9E2C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2C36

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2C36	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 44, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.149 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26e6d',
    500: '#9e2c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2c36;
$custom-light: #c26e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.737,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47206,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2C36

secondary

#68BEB6

accent

#E0D248

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2C36

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

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