#971E2B#971E2B

#971E2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.156 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#971E2B
RGB	rgb(151, 30, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 49.36, 24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 55.01, 26.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.1451 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.156 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6644, 7.6844, 3.0488)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#971E2B #1E978A

analogous

#971E67 #971E2B #974E1E

triadic

#971E2B #2B971E #1E2B97

tetradic

#971E2B #67971E #1E978A #4E1E97

square

#971E2B #67971E #1E978A #4E1E97

split-complementary

#971E2B #1E974E #1E6797

monochromatic

#310A0E #64141C #971E2B #CA283A #DD5361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#971E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#971E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #971E2B

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##971E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##971E2B	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #971e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 30, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.156 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6664',
    500: '#971e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #971e2b;
$custom-light: #bd6664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#971e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.554,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44435,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#971E2B

secondary

#51C0B4

accent

#EAD73E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#140605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

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