#972228#972228

#972228 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.152 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972228
RGB	rgb(151, 34, 40)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 73.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 47.93, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 54.85, 29.09°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.1398 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.152 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7191, 7.8787, 2.8054)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972228 #229791

analogous

#972263 #972228 #975722

triadic

#972228 #289722 #222897

tetradic

#972228 #639722 #229791 #572297

square

#972228 #639722 #229791 #572297

split-complementary

#972228 #229757 #226397

monochromatic

#330C0E #65171B #972228 #C92D35 #DA5A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#972228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#972228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972228

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972228	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 34, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.152 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6862',
    500: '#972228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972228;
$custom-light: #be6862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44727,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972228

secondary

#57BEB9

accent

#E6DE42

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972228

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

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