#971A23#971A23

#971A23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.159 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#971A23
RGB	rgb(151, 26, 35)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.8%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 50.16, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 57.78, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1458 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.159 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4369, 7.4416, 2.3187)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#971A23 #1A978E

analogous

#971A62 #971A23 #97501A

triadic

#971A23 #23971A #1A2397

tetradic

#971A23 #62971A #1A978E #501A97

square

#971A23 #62971A #1A978E #501A97

split-complementary

#971A23 #1A9750 #1A6297

monochromatic

#2F080B #631117 #971A23 #CB232F #E04B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#971A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#971A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #971A23

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##971A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##971A23	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #971a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 26, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.159 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be655e',
    500: '#971a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #971a23;
$custom-light: #be655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#971a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.68,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44009,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#971A23

secondary

#4BC2B9

accent

#EDE13A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #971A23

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

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