#9E311E#9E311E

#9E311E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.148 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E311E
RGB	rgb(158, 49, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 44.15, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 57.27, 39.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.41% 0.125 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(47.41% 0.148 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4350, 9.5618, 2.2609)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E311E #1E8B9E

analogous

#9E1E4B #9E311E #9E711E

triadic

#9E311E #1E9E31 #311E9E

tetradic

#9E311E #4B9E1E #1E8B9E #711E9E

square

#9E311E #4B9E1E #1E8B9E #711E9E

split-complementary

#9E311E #1E9E71 #1E4B9E

monochromatic

#37110A #6B2114 #9E311E #D14128 #DF6B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#9E311E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#9E311E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E311E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E311E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E311E	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51481B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e311e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 49, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.148 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3705b',
    500: '#9e311e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e311e;
$custom-light: #c3705b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e311e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.906,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47413,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E311E

secondary

#55B2C3

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E311E

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

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