#9F1716#9F1716

#9F1716 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.170 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F1716
RGB	rgb(159, 23, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.07, 52.86, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.07, 65.11, 35.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% 0.1506 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.17 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7512, 8.0441, 1.5349)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F1716 #169E9F

analogous

#9F1659 #9F1716 #9F5B16

triadic

#9F1716 #169F17 #17169F

tetradic

#9F1716 #599F16 #169E9F #5B169F

square

#9F1716 #599F16 #169E9F #5B169F

split-complementary

#9F1716 #169F5B #16599F

monochromatic

#330707 #690F0F #9F1716 #D51F1D #E64B4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#9F1716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#9F1716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F1716

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F1716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F1716	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665A0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f1716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 23, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.170 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56555',
    500: '#9f1716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f1716;
$custom-light: #c56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f1716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.438,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45212,
    "c": 0.17008,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F1716

secondary

#4AC6C7

accent

#F1F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F1716

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

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