#972A22#972A22

#972A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.146 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972A22
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, 44.74, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 54.66, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(45.43% 0.1284 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(45.43% 0.146 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8808, 8.3528, 2.3944)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972A22 #228F97

analogous

#972255 #972A22 #976522

triadic

#972A22 #22972A #2A2297

tetradic

#972A22 #559722 #228F97 #652297

square

#972A22 #559722 #228F97 #652297

split-complementary

#972A22 #229765 #225597

monochromatic

#330E0C #651C17 #972A22 #C9382D #DA625A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#972A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#972A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972A22

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972A22	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.146 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6b5e',
    500: '#972a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972a22;
$custom-light: #be6b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.103,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45431,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972A22

secondary

#57B7BE

accent

#DBE642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972A22

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

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