#971B26#971B26

#971B26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.158 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#971B26
RGB	rgb(151, 27, 38)
HSL	hsl(355, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 74.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 50.01, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 56.82, 28.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.146 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.158 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5059, 7.5053, 2.5709)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#971B26 #1B978C

analogous

#971B64 #971B26 #974E1B

triadic

#971B26 #26971B #1B2697

tetradic

#971B26 #64971B #1B978C #4E1B97

square

#971B26 #64971B #1B978C #4E1B97

split-complementary

#971B26 #1B974E #1B6497

monochromatic

#2F080C #631219 #971B26 #CB2433 #DF4D5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#971B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#971B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #971B26

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##971B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##971B26	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #971b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 27, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.158 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6560',
    500: '#971b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #971b26;
$custom-light: #be6560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#971b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.677,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44125,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#971B26

secondary

#4CC1B7

accent

#ECDD3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #971B26

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

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