#972A1B#972A1B

#972A1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.147 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972A1B
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 44.48, 35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 56.78, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% 0.1262 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.147 31)
XYZ	xyz(13.7899, 8.3165, 1.9158)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972A1B #1B8897

analogous

#971B4A #972A1B #97681B

triadic

#972A1B #1B972A #2A1B97

tetradic

#972A1B #4A971B #1B8897 #681B97

square

#972A1B #4A971B #1B8897 #681B97

split-complementary

#972A1B #1B9768 #1B4A97

monochromatic

#2F0D08 #631C12 #972A1B #CB3824 #DF5F4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#972A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#972A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972A1B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972A1B	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.147 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6b59',
    500: '#972a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972a1b;
$custom-light: #be6b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.258,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45353,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.08314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972A1B

secondary

#4CB3C1

accent

#D7EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #972A1B

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

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