#9E2E25#9E2E25

#9E2E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.149 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2E25
RGB	rgb(158, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 45.65, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 55.84, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.15% 0.1311 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(47.15% 0.149 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4132, 9.3590, 2.7448)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2E25 #25959E

analogous

#9E2558 #9E2E25 #9E6A25

triadic

#9E2E25 #259E2E #2E259E

tetradic

#9E2E25 #589E25 #25959E #6A259E

square

#9E2E25 #589E25 #25959E #6A259E

split-complementary

#9E2E25 #259E6A #25589E

monochromatic

#3B110E #6C2019 #9E2E25 #CF3D31 #DA6C63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#9E2E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#9E2E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2E25

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2E25	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE042D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.149 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36e60',
    500: '#9e2e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2e25;
$custom-light: #c36e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.463,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47154,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2E25

secondary

#5FB9C0

accent

#D9E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2E25

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

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