#972227#972227

#972227 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.153 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972227
RGB	rgb(151, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 47.88, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 55.11, 29.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.1395 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.153 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7023, 7.8720, 2.7170)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972227 #229792

analogous

#972262 #972227 #975822

triadic

#972227 #279722 #222797

tetradic

#972227 #629722 #229792 #582297

square

#972227 #629722 #229792 #582297

split-complementary

#972227 #229758 #226297

monochromatic

#330C0D #65171A #972227 #C92D34 #DA5A5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#972227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#972227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972227

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972227	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.153 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6861',
    500: '#972227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972227;
$custom-light: #be6861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.436,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44712,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972227

secondary

#57BEBA

accent

#E6DF42

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972227

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

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