#9E311B#9E311B

#9E311B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.148 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E311B
RGB	rgb(158, 49, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 44.05, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 58.20, 40.81°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% 0.1241 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.148 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3985, 9.5472, 2.0687)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E311B #1B889E

analogous

#9E1B47 #9E311B #9E731B

triadic

#9E311B #1B9E31 #311B9E

tetradic

#9E311B #479E1B #1B889E #731B9E

square

#9E311B #479E1B #1B889E #731B9E

split-complementary

#9E311B #1B9E73 #1B479E

monochromatic

#351109 #6A2112 #9E311B #D24124 #E16A52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#9E311B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#9E311B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E311B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E311B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E311B	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e311b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 49, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.148 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f59',
    500: '#9e311b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e311b;
$custom-light: #c36f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e311b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.076,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47384,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E311B

secondary

#51B1C4

accent

#CFEE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E311B

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

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