#972C1F#972C1F

#972C1F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.145 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972C1F
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 31)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 79.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.97, 43.82, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.97, 55.10, 37.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% 0.1249 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.145 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9121, 8.4817, 2.2006)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972C1F #1F8A97

analogous

#971F4E #972C1F #97681F

triadic

#972C1F #1F972C #2C1F97

tetradic

#972C1F #4E971F #1F8A97 #681F97

square

#972C1F #4E971F #1F8A97 #681F97

split-complementary

#972C1F #1F9768 #1F4E97

monochromatic

#310E0A #641D15 #972C1F #CA3B29 #DC6354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#972C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#972C1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972C1F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972C1F	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7042A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.145 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6c5c',
    500: '#972c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972c1f;
$custom-light: #be6c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.5,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45615,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972C1F

secondary

#52B4BF

accent

#D6E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972C1F

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

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