#971C28#971C28

#971C28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.157 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#971C28
RGB	rgb(151, 28, 40)
HSL	hsl(354, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 73.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 49.81, 25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 56.13, 27.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.1458 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.157 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5623, 7.5652, 2.7532)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#971C28 #1C978B

analogous

#971C66 #971C28 #974D1C

triadic

#971C28 #28971C #1C2897

tetradic

#971C28 #66971C #1C978B #4D1C97

square

#971C28 #66971C #1C978B #4D1C97

split-complementary

#971C28 #1C974D #1C6697

monochromatic

#30090D #63121A #971C28 #CB2636 #DE4F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#971C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#971C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #971C28

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##971C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##971C28	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)

#423D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #971c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 28, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.157 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6562',
    500: '#971c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #971c28;
$custom-light: #be6562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#971c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.146,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4423,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#971C28

secondary

#4EC1B6

accent

#ECDA3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBEA

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #971C28

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

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