#972E1B#972E1B

#972E1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.144 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E1B
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 42.85, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 55.88, 39.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% 0.1211 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.144 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9389, 8.6145, 1.9655)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E1B #1B8497

analogous

#971B46 #972E1B #976C1B

triadic

#972E1B #1B972E #2E1B97

tetradic

#972E1B #46971B #1B8497 #6C1B97

square

#972E1B #46971B #1B8497 #6C1B97

split-complementary

#972E1B #1B976C #1B4697

monochromatic

#2F0E08 #631E12 #972E1B #CB3E24 #DF644D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#972E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#972E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E1B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E1B	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7092B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.144 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6d59',
    500: '#972e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e1b;
$custom-light: #be6d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45801,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E1B

secondary

#4CB0C1

accent

#D1EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E1B

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

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