#9E2E23#9E2E23

#9E2E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.150 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2E23
RGB	rgb(158, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, 45.57, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 56.43, 36.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.13% 0.1304 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(47.13% 0.15 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3827, 9.3468, 2.5839)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2E23 #23939E

analogous

#9E2355 #9E2E23 #9E6B23

triadic

#9E2E23 #239E2E #2E239E

tetradic

#9E2E23 #559E23 #23939E #6B239E

square

#9E2E23 #559E23 #23939E #6B239E

split-complementary

#9E2E23 #239E6B #23559E

monochromatic

#3A110D #6C1F18 #9E2E23 #D03D2E #DC6B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#9E2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#9E2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2E23

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2E23	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)

#4F4721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE042C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.150 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36e5f',
    500: '#9e2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2e23;
$custom-light: #c36e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47129,
    "c": 0.14973,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2E23

secondary

#5CB8C1

accent

#D8E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2E23

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

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