#971C1A#971C1A

#971C1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.159 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#971C1A
RGB	rgb(151, 28, 26)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 49.28, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 59.94, 34.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.141 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.159 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3659, 7.4866, 1.7184)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#971C1A #1A9597

analogous

#971A57 #971C1A #975B1A

triadic

#971C1A #1A971C #1C1A97

tetradic

#971C1A #57971A #1A9597 #5B1A97

square

#971C1A #57971A #1A9597 #5B1A97

split-complementary

#971C1A #1A975B #1A5797

monochromatic

#2F0908 #631211 #971C1A #CB2623 #E04E4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#971C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#971C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #971C1A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##971C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##971C1A	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #971c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 28, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.159 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6557',
    500: '#971c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #971c1a;
$custom-light: #bf6557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#971c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.96,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4405,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#971C1A

secondary

#4BC0C2

accent

#EBED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #971C1A

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

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