#972217#972217

#972217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.155 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972217
RGB	rgb(151, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 84.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 47.30, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 59.68, 37.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.1342 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.155 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4908, 7.7874, 1.6032)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972217 #178C97

analogous

#97174C #972217 #976217

triadic

#972217 #179722 #221797

tetradic

#972217 #4C9717 #178C97 #621797

square

#972217 #4C9717 #178C97 #621797

split-complementary

#972217 #179762 #174C97

monochromatic

#2D0A07 #62160F #972217 #CC2E1F #E35346

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#972217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#972217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972217

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972217	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.155 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6756',
    500: '#972217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972217;
$custom-light: #bf6756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.156,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44522,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972217

secondary

#46B9C4

accent

#E0F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #972217

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

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