#9E2F40#9E2F40

#9E2F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.146 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2F40
RGB	rgb(158, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 59.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 46.80, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 49.54, 19.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1403 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.146 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0440, 9.6745, 5.8720)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2F40 #2F9E8D

analogous

#9E2F77 #9E2F40 #9E562F

triadic

#9E2F40 #409E2F #2F409E

tetradic

#9E2F40 #779E2F #2F9E8D #562F9E

square

#9E2F40 #779E2F #2F9E8D #562F9E

split-complementary

#9E2F40 #2F9E56 #2F779E

monochromatic

#40131A #6F212D #9E2F40 #C74357 #D57281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#9E2F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#9E2F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2F40

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2F40	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD1436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.146 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16f74',
    500: '#9e2f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2f40;
$custom-light: #c16f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.811,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47732,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2F40

secondary

#6CBDB0

accent

#DEC74A

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDED

border

#D1C8C8

text

#130808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2F40

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

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