#972C1E#972C1E

#972C1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.145 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972C1E
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 30)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 43.78, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 55.40, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.1246 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.145 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8991, 8.4765, 2.1323)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972C1E #1E8997

analogous

#971E4C #972C1E #97681E

triadic

#972C1E #1E972C #2C1E97

tetradic

#972C1E #4C971E #1E8997 #681E97

square

#972C1E #4C971E #1E8997 #681E97

split-complementary

#972C1E #1E9768 #1E4C97

monochromatic

#310E0A #641D14 #972C1E #CA3B28 #DD6353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#972C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#972C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972C1E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972C1E	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7042A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.145 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c5b',
    500: '#972c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972c1e;
$custom-light: #be6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.942,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45604,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972C1E

secondary

#51B3C0

accent

#D6EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972C1E

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

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