#971C23#971C23

#971C23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.158 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#971C23
RGB	rgb(151, 28, 35)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 49.60, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 57.41, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.144 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.158 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4827, 7.5333, 2.3339)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#971C23 #1C9790

analogous

#971C61 #971C23 #97521C

triadic

#971C23 #23971C #1C2397

tetradic

#971C23 #61971C #1C9790 #521C97

square

#971C23 #61971C #1C9790 #521C97

split-complementary

#971C23 #1C9752 #1C6197

monochromatic

#30090B #631217 #971C23 #CB262F #DE4F57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#971C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#971C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #971C23

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##971C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##971C23	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #971c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 28, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.158 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be655e',
    500: '#971c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #971c23;
$custom-light: #be655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#971c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.585,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44157,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#971C23

secondary

#4EC1BA

accent

#ECE23C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #971C23

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

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