#972E1C#972E1C

#972E1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.143 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E1C
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 28)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 81.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.24, 42.88, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.24, 55.57, 39.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% 0.1214 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.143 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9507, 8.6192, 2.0275)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E1C #1C8597

analogous

#971C48 #972E1C #976B1C

triadic

#972E1C #1C972E #2E1C97

tetradic

#972E1C #48971C #1C8597 #6B1C97

square

#972E1C #48971C #1C8597 #6B1C97

split-complementary

#972E1C #1C976B #1C4897

monochromatic

#300F09 #631E12 #972E1C #CB3E26 #DE644F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#972E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#972E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E1C

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E1C	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)

#4D4419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7092B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.143 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6d5a',
    500: '#972e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e1c;
$custom-light: #be6d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4581,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E1C

secondary

#4EB0C1

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

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

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