#972D21#972D21

#972D21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.143 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972D21
RGB	rgb(151, 45, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, 43.49, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 54.25, 36.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% 0.1243 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.143 30)
XYZ	xyz(13.9770, 8.5680, 2.3564)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972D21 #218B97

analogous

#972150 #972D21 #976821

triadic

#972D21 #21972D #2D2197

tetradic

#972D21 #509721 #218B97 #682197

square

#972D21 #509721 #218B97 #682197

split-complementary

#972D21 #219768 #215097

monochromatic

#330F0B #651E16 #972D21 #C93C2C #DA6558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#972D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#972D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972D21

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972D21	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6082B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.143 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6d5d',
    500: '#972d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972d21;
$custom-light: #bd6d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45751,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.08566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972D21

secondary

#55B4BE

accent

#D6E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972D21

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

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