#97231B#97231B

#97231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.153 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97231B
RGB	rgb(151, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 47.08, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 58.28, 36.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.1343 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.153 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5630, 7.8627, 1.8402)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97231B #1B8F97

analogous

#971B51 #97231B #97611B

triadic

#97231B #1B9723 #231B97

tetradic

#97231B #51971B #1B8F97 #611B97

square

#97231B #51971B #1B8F97 #611B97

split-complementary

#97231B #1B9761 #1B5197

monochromatic

#2F0B08 #631712 #97231B #CB2F24 #DF574D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#97231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#97231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #97231B

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##97231B	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)

#473F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.153 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6858',
    500: '#97231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97231b;
$custom-light: #be6858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44652,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97231B

secondary

#4CBAC1

accent

#E1EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #97231B

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

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