#972C1D#972C1D

#972C1D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.145 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972C1D
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 80.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 43.75, 34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 55.71, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% 0.1243 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.145 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8866, 8.4715, 2.0661)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972C1D #1D8897

analogous

#971D4B #972C1D #97691D

triadic

#972C1D #1D972C #2C1D97

tetradic

#972C1D #4B971D #1D8897 #691D97

square

#972C1D #4B971D #1D8897 #691D97

split-complementary

#972C1D #1D9769 #1D4B97

monochromatic

#300E09 #641D13 #972C1D #CA3B27 #DE6251

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#972C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#972C1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972C1D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972C1D	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)

#4B431A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.145 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c5a',
    500: '#972c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972c1d;
$custom-light: #be6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.377,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45593,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972C1D

secondary

#4FB3C0

accent

#D5EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972C1D

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

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