#9F1818#9F1818

#9F1818 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.169 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F1818
RGB	rgb(159, 24, 24)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.9%, 84.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.17, 52.67, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.17, 64.39, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.1503 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.169 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7915, 8.0926, 1.6472)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F1818 #189F9F

analogous

#9F185B #9F1818 #9F5B18

triadic

#9F1818 #189F18 #18189F

tetradic

#9F1818 #5B9F18 #189F9F #5B189F

square

#9F1818 #5B9F18 #189F9F #5B189F

split-complementary

#9F1818 #189F5B #185B9F

monochromatic

#350808 #6A1010 #9F1818 #D42020 #E44D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#9F1818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#9F1818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F1818

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F1818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F1818	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f1818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 24, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.169 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56556',
    500: '#9f1818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f1818;
$custom-light: #c56556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f1818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45292,
    "c": 0.16929,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F1818

secondary

#4DC6C6

accent

#F0F037

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F1818

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

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