#971C27#971C27

#971C27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.157 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#971C27
RGB	rgb(151, 28, 39)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 49.77, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 56.38, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% 0.1455 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.157 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5456, 7.5585, 2.6648)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#971C27 #1C978C

analogous

#971C65 #971C27 #974E1C

triadic

#971C27 #27971C #1C2797

tetradic

#971C27 #65971C #1C978C #4E1C97

square

#971C27 #65971C #1C978C #4E1C97

split-complementary

#971C27 #1C974E #1C6597

monochromatic

#30090C #63121A #971C27 #CB2634 #DE4F5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#971C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#971C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #971C27

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##971C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##971C27	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #971c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 28, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.157 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6561',
    500: '#971c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #971c27;
$custom-light: #be6561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#971c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.634,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44215,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#971C27

secondary

#4EC1B7

accent

#ECDC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #971C27

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

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