#972B2E#972B2E

#972B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.143 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972B2E
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, 44.92, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 51.15, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.1316 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.143 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1210, 8.5064, 3.4826)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972B2E #2B9794

analogous

#972B64 #972B2E #975E2B

triadic

#972B2E #2E972B #2B2E97

tetradic

#972B2E #64972B #2B9794 #5E2B97

square

#972B2E #64972B #2B9794 #5E2B97

split-complementary

#972B2E #2B975E #2B6497

monochromatic

#381011 #671D1F #972B2E #C7393D #D4686B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#972B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#972B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972B2E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972B2E	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49442D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6072D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.143 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6c66',
    500: '#972b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972b2e;
$custom-light: #bd6c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45714,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972B2E

secondary

#63BBB8

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEB

border

#D1C7C6

text

#130706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #972B2E

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

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