#972B1E#972B1E

#972B1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.146 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972B1E
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.81, 44.19, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.81, 55.63, 37.41°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.1259 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.146 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8623, 8.4029, 2.1200)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972B1E #1E8A97

analogous

#971E4E #972B1E #97671E

triadic

#972B1E #1E972B #2B1E97

tetradic

#972B1E #4E971E #1E8A97 #671E97

square

#972B1E #4E971E #1E8A97 #671E97

split-complementary

#972B1E #1E9767 #1E4E97

monochromatic

#310E0A #641C14 #972B1E #CA3A28 #DD6153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#972B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#972B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972B1E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972B1E	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)

#4B431C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.146 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c5b',
    500: '#972b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972b1e;
$custom-light: #be6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.446,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45493,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972B1E

secondary

#51B4C0

accent

#D7EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972B1E

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

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