#972C1B#972C1B

#972C1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.145 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972C1B
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 43.68, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 56.33, 39.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.1237 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.145 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8626, 8.4619, 1.9401)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972C1B #1B8697

analogous

#971B48 #972C1B #976A1B

triadic

#972C1B #1B972C #2C1B97

tetradic

#972C1B #48971B #1B8697 #6A1B97

square

#972C1B #48971B #1B8697 #6A1B97

split-complementary

#972C1B #1B976A #1B4897

monochromatic

#2F0E08 #631D12 #972C1B #CB3B24 #DF614D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#972C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#972C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972C1B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972C1B	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)

#4C4318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.145 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c59',
    500: '#972c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972c1b;
$custom-light: #be6c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.226,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45572,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972C1B

secondary

#4CB1C1

accent

#D4EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #972C1B

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

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