#97231C#97231C

#97231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.153 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97231C
RGB	rgb(151, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 81.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 47.11, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 57.98, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.1346 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.153 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5748, 7.8674, 1.9022)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97231C #1C9097

analogous

#971C52 #97231C #97611C

triadic

#97231C #1C9723 #231C97

tetradic

#97231C #52971C #1C9097 #611C97

square

#97231C #52971C #1C9097 #611C97

split-complementary

#97231C #1C9761 #1C5297

monochromatic

#300B09 #631712 #97231C #CB2F26 #DE574F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#97231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#97231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #97231C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#473F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.153 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6859',
    500: '#97231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97231c;
$custom-light: #be6859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.415,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44662,
    "c": 0.15315,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97231C

secondary

#4EBAC1

accent

#E2EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #97231C

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

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