#972231#972231

#972231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.152 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972231
RGB	rgb(151, 34, 49)
HSL	hsl(352, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 48.40, 21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 52.82, 23.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1434 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.152 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8904, 7.9472, 3.7077)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972231 #229788

analogous

#97226C #972231 #974E22

triadic

#972231 #319722 #223197

tetradic

#972231 #6C9722 #229788 #4E2297

square

#972231 #6C9722 #229788 #4E2297

split-complementary

#972231 #22974E #226C97

monochromatic

#330C11 #651721 #972231 #C92D41 #DA5A6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#972231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#972231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972231

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972231	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61592E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 34, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.152 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6869',
    500: '#972231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972231;
$custom-light: #bd6869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4488,
    "c": 0.15186,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972231

secondary

#57BEB1

accent

#E6D142

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #972231

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

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