#97231E#97231E

#97231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.153 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97231E
RGB	rgb(151, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 47.18, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 57.39, 34.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.1352 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.153 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5995, 7.8773, 2.0324)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97231E #1E9297

analogous

#971E56 #97231E #975F1E

triadic

#97231E #1E9723 #231E97

tetradic

#97231E #56971E #1E9297 #5F1E97

square

#97231E #56971E #1E9297 #5F1E97

split-complementary

#97231E #1E975F #1E5697

monochromatic

#310B0A #641714 #97231E #CA2F28 #DD5853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#97231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#97231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #97231E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##97231E	1.00	8.16	2.58	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.153 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be685b',
    500: '#97231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97231e;
$custom-light: #be685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.479,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44685,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97231E

secondary

#51BBC0

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #97231E

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

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