#972D1B#972D1B

#972D1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.145 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972D1B
RGB	rgb(151, 45, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.08, 43.27, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.08, 56.10, 39.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% 0.1224 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.145 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9003, 8.5373, 1.9526)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972D1B #1B8597

analogous

#971B47 #972D1B #976B1B

triadic

#972D1B #1B972D #2D1B97

tetradic

#972D1B #47971B #1B8597 #6B1B97

square

#972D1B #47971B #1B8597 #6B1B97

split-complementary

#972D1B #1B976B #1B4797

monochromatic

#2F0E08 #631E12 #972D1B #CB3C24 #DF624D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#972D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#972D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972D1B

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972D1B	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7062A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 45, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.145 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6d59',
    500: '#972d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972d1b;
$custom-light: #be6d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45685,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972D1B

secondary

#4CB0C1

accent

#D3EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #972D1B

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

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