#9E2D40#9E2D40

#9E2D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.148 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2D40
RGB	rgb(158, 45, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 59.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 47.59, 15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 50.16, 18.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1428 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.148 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9659, 9.5183, 5.8460)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2D40 #2D9E8B

analogous

#9E2D78 #9E2D40 #9E532D

triadic

#9E2D40 #409E2D #2D409E

tetradic

#9E2D40 #789E2D #2D9E8B #532D9E

square

#9E2D40 #789E2D #2D9E8B #532D9E

split-complementary

#9E2D40 #2D9E53 #2D789E

monochromatic

#3F1219 #6E1F2D #9E2D40 #C94057 #D66F81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#9E2D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#9E2D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2D40

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2D40	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD1035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 45, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.148 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16e74',
    500: '#9e2d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2d40;
$custom-light: #c16e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.912,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47518,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2D40

secondary

#69BDAF

accent

#DFC649

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F8ECED

border

#D1C7C8

text

#130808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2D40

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

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