#972121#972121

#972121 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.154 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972121
RGB	rgb(151, 33, 33)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 47.97, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 56.95, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.1384 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.154 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5825, 7.7790, 2.2249)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972121 #219797

analogous

#97215C #972121 #975C21

triadic

#972121 #219721 #212197

tetradic

#972121 #5C9721 #219797 #5C2197

square

#972121 #5C9721 #219797 #5C2197

split-complementary

#972121 #21975C #215C97

monochromatic

#330B0B #651616 #972121 #C92C2C #DA5858

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#972121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#972121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972121

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972121	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 33, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.154 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be675d',
    500: '#972121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972121;
$custom-light: #be675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44541,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972121

secondary

#55BEBE

accent

#E7E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972121

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

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