#972A1E#972A1E

#972A1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.147 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972A1E
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, 44.59, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 55.86, 37.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.1271 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.147 30)
XYZ	xyz(13.8264, 8.3311, 2.1081)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972A1E #1E8B97

analogous

#971E4F #972A1E #97661E

triadic

#972A1E #1E972A #2A1E97

tetradic

#972A1E #4F971E #1E8B97 #661E97

square

#972A1E #4F971E #1E8B97 #661E97

split-complementary

#972A1E #1E9766 #1E4F97

monochromatic

#310E0A #641C14 #972A1E #CA3828 #DD6053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#972A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#972A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972A1E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972A1E	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.147 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6b5b',
    500: '#972a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972a1e;
$custom-light: #be6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.95,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45384,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.08329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972A1E

secondary

#51B5C0

accent

#D9EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972A1E

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

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