#972C1C#972C1C

#972C1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.145 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972C1C
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 81.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 43.71, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 56.02, 38.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.58% 0.124 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(45.58% 0.145 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8744, 8.4666, 2.0020)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972C1C #1C8797

analogous

#971C49 #972C1C #976A1C

triadic

#972C1C #1C972C #2C1C97

tetradic

#972C1C #49971C #1C8797 #6A1C97

square

#972C1C #49971C #1C8797 #6A1C97

split-complementary

#972C1C #1C976A #1C4997

monochromatic

#300E09 #631D12 #972C1C #CB3B26 #DE624F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#972C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#972C1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972C1C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972C1C	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)

#4B4319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.145 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c5a',
    500: '#972c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972c1c;
$custom-light: #be6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.805,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45582,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972C1C

secondary

#4EB2C1

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972C1C

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

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