#972C1A#972C1A

#972C1A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.146 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972C1A
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, 43.65, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 56.64, 39.59°)
OKLab	oklab(45.56% 0.1234 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(45.56% 0.146 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8513, 8.4574, 1.8802)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972C1A #1A8597

analogous

#971A47 #972C1A #976B1A

triadic

#972C1A #1A972C #2C1A97

tetradic

#972C1A #47971A #1A8597 #6B1A97

square

#972C1A #47971A #1A8597 #6B1A97

split-complementary

#972C1A #1A976B #1A4797

monochromatic

#2F0E08 #631D11 #972C1A #CB3B23 #E0614B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#972C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#972C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972C1A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972C1A	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.146 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c58',
    500: '#972c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972c1a;
$custom-light: #be6c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.64,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45563,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972C1A

secondary

#4BB1C2

accent

#D4ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #972C1A

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

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