#9E2E39#9E2E39

#9E2E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.147 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2E39
RGB	rgb(158, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 63.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 46.71, 20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 50.94, 23.50°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1387 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.147 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8177, 9.5208, 4.8749)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2E39 #2E9E93

analogous

#9E2E71 #9E2E39 #9E5B2E

triadic

#9E2E39 #399E2E #2E399E

tetradic

#9E2E39 #719E2E #2E9E93 #5B2E9E

square

#9E2E39 #719E2E #2E9E93 #5B2E9E

split-complementary

#9E2E39 #2E9E5B #2E719E

monochromatic

#3F1217 #6F2028 #9E2E39 #C8414F #D6717B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#9E2E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#9E2E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2E39

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2E39	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)

#4C4839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD0F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.147 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16f6f',
    500: '#9e2e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2e39;
$custom-light: #c16f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.107,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47476,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2E39

secondary

#6BBDB5

accent

#DED04A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2E39

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