#9E4E42#9E4E42

#9E4E42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.109 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E42
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 58.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 32.09, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 39.18, 35.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.0944 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.109 30)
XYZ	xyz(17.8097, 13.1132, 6.7464)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E42 #42929E

analogous

#9E4264 #9E4E42 #9E7C42

triadic

#9E4E42 #429E4E #4E429E

tetradic

#9E4E42 #649E42 #42929E #7C429E

square

#9E4E42 #649E42 #42929E #7C429E

split-complementary

#9E4E42 #429E7C #42649E

monochromatic

#48231E #733930 #9E4E42 #BD6C60 #CF948C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9E4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9E4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E42

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E42	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)

#625B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.109 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8176',
    500: '#9e4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e42;
$custom-light: #bf8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52023,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.13111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E42

secondary

#82B3BA

accent

#C1D157

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E42

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

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