#972B36#972B36

#972B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.143 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972B36
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 64.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 45.40, 19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 49.45, 23.36°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.1348 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.143 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2937, 8.5755, 4.3919)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972B36 #2B978C

analogous

#972B6C #972B36 #97562B

triadic

#972B36 #36972B #2B3697

tetradic

#972B36 #6C972B #2B978C #562B97

square

#972B36 #6C972B #2B978C #562B97

split-complementary

#972B36 #2B9756 #2B6C97

monochromatic

#381014 #671D25 #972B36 #C73947 #D46873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#972B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#972B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972B36

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972B36	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60C30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.143 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6c6c',
    500: '#972b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972b36;
$custom-light: #bc6c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.889,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45862,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972B36

secondary

#63BBB2

accent

#DFD049

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEB

border

#D1C7C6

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #972B36

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

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