#9E4E40#9E4E40

#9E4E40 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.110 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E40
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 59.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, 31.93, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 39.72, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.0935 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.11 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7518, 13.0900, 6.4413)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E40 #40909E

analogous

#9E4061 #9E4E40 #9E7D40

triadic

#9E4E40 #409E4E #4E409E

tetradic

#9E4E40 #619E40 #40909E #7D409E

square

#9E4E40 #619E40 #40909E #7D409E

split-complementary

#9E4E40 #409E7D #40619E

monochromatic

#47231D #72382E #9E4E40 #BE6C5E #CF9489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9E4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9E4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E40

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E40	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.110 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8175',
    500: '#9e4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e40;
$custom-light: #bf8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.936,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51986,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E40

secondary

#80B1BA

accent

#C0D256

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E40

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

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