#972B1B#972B1B

#972B1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.146 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972B1B
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 44.08, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 56.55, 38.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% 0.1249 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.146 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8258, 8.3883, 1.9278)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972B1B #1B8797

analogous

#971B49 #972B1B #97691B

triadic

#972B1B #1B972B #2B1B97

tetradic

#972B1B #49971B #1B8797 #691B97

square

#972B1B #49971B #1B8797 #691B97

split-complementary

#972B1B #1B9769 #1B4997

monochromatic

#2F0D08 #631C12 #972B1B #CB3A24 #DF604D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#972B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#972B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972B1B

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972B1B	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.146 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c59',
    500: '#972b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972b1b;
$custom-light: #be6c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45461,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972B1B

secondary

#4CB2C1

accent

#D6EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #972B1B

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

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