#972B37#972B37

#972B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.143 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972B37
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, 45.47, 18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 49.28, 22.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% 0.1353 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.143 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3174, 8.5849, 4.5168)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972B37 #2B978B

analogous

#972B6D #972B37 #97552B

triadic

#972B37 #37972B #2B3797

tetradic

#972B37 #6D972B #2B978B #552B97

square

#972B37 #6D972B #2B978B #552B97

split-complementary

#972B37 #2B9755 #2B6D97

monochromatic

#381014 #671D26 #972B37 #C73948 #D46874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#972B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#972B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972B37

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972B37	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)

#484437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60D30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.143 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6c6d',
    500: '#972b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972b37;
$custom-light: #bc6c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45882,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972B37

secondary

#63BBB1

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEB

border

#D1C7C6

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #972B37

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

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