#972E1E#972E1E

#972E1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.143 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E1E
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 42.95, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 54.94, 38.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% 0.122 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.143 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9754, 8.6291, 2.1578)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E1E #1E8797

analogous

#971E4A #972E1E #976A1E

triadic

#972E1E #1E972E #2E1E97

tetradic

#972E1E #4A971E #1E8797 #6A1E97

square

#972E1E #4A971E #1E8797 #6A1E97

split-complementary

#972E1E #1E976A #1E4A97

monochromatic

#310F0A #641E14 #972E1E #CA3E28 #DD6553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#972E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#972E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E1E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E1E	1.00	7.71	2.73	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70A2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.143 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6d5b',
    500: '#972e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e1e;
$custom-light: #be6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.934,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45831,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E1E

secondary

#51B1C0

accent

#D3EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E1E

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