#9E2E1B#9E2E1B

#9E2E1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.151 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2E1B
RGB	rgb(158, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.56, 45.29, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.56, 58.87, 39.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.04% 0.1279 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(47.04% 0.151 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2772, 9.3046, 2.0282)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2E1B #1B8B9E

analogous

#9E1B4A #9E2E1B #9E701B

triadic

#9E2E1B #1B9E2E #2E1B9E

tetradic

#9E2E1B #4A9E1B #1B8B9E #701B9E

square

#9E2E1B #4A9E1B #1B8B9E #701B9E

split-complementary

#9E2E1B #1B9E70 #1B4A9E

monochromatic

#351009 #6A1F12 #9E2E1B #D23D24 #E16752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#9E2E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#9E2E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2E1B

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2E1B	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE012B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.151 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36e59',
    500: '#9e2e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2e1b;
$custom-light: #c36e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.702,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47045,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2E1B

secondary

#51B3C4

accent

#D4EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2E1B

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

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