#9E4E45#9E4E45

#9E4E45 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.108 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E45
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 56.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 32.34, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 38.42, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.0956 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.108 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.9005, 13.1495, 7.2245)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E45 #45959E

analogous

#9E4569 #9E4E45 #9E7A45

triadic

#9E4E45 #459E4E #4E459E

tetradic

#9E4E45 #699E45 #45959E #7A459E

square

#9E4E45 #699E45 #45959E #7A459E

split-complementary

#9E4E45 #459E7A #45699E

monochromatic

#492420 #733932 #9E4E45 #BC6D65 #CE968F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#9E4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#9E4E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E45

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E45	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC414C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.108 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8178',
    500: '#9e4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e45;
$custom-light: #bf8178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.067,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52082,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.13148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E45

secondary

#85B4BA

accent

#C3CF59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E45

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

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