#972A3E#972A3E

#972A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.144 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972A3E
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 58.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, 46.36, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 48.57, 17.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.93% 0.1394 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(45.93% 0.144 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4614, 8.5851, 5.4521)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972A3E #2A9783

analogous

#972A74 #972A3E #974C2A

triadic

#972A3E #3E972A #2A3E97

tetradic

#972A3E #74972A #2A9783 #4C2A97

square

#972A3E #74972A #2A9783 #4C2A97

split-complementary

#972A3E #2A974C #2A7497

monochromatic

#370F17 #671D2A #972A3E #C73752 #D5677B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#972A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#972A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972A3E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972A3E	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46443E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A50E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.144 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6c73',
    500: '#972a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972a3e;
$custom-light: #bc6c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.991,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45928,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972A3E

secondary

#62BBAB

accent

#E0C448

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEC

border

#D1C7C7

text

#130708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #972A3E

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

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