#972D22#972D22

#972D22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.143 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972D22
RGB	rgb(151, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 43.53, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 53.95, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% 0.1246 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.143 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9912, 8.5737, 2.4312)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972D22 #228C97

analogous

#972252 #972D22 #976822

triadic

#972D22 #22972D #2D2297

tetradic

#972D22 #529722 #228C97 #682297

square

#972D22 #529722 #228C97 #682297

split-complementary

#972D22 #229768 #225297

monochromatic

#330F0C #651E17 #972D22 #C93C2D #DA665A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#972D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#972D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972D22

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972D22	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)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6082B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.143 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6d5e',
    500: '#972d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972d22;
$custom-light: #bd6d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.641,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45763,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972D22

secondary

#57B4BE

accent

#D7E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972D22

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

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