#972E1F#972E1F

#972E1F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.143 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E1F
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 31)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 79.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 42.99, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 54.63, 38.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% 0.1223 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.143 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9884, 8.6343, 2.2261)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E1F #1F8897

analogous

#971F4C #972E1F #976A1F

triadic

#972E1F #1F972E #2E1F97

tetradic

#972E1F #4C971F #1F8897 #6A1F97

square

#972E1F #4C971F #1F8897 #6A1F97

split-complementary

#972E1F #1F976A #1F4C97

monochromatic

#310F0A #641F15 #972E1F #CA3D29 #DC6554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#972E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#972E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E1F

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E1F	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A70A2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.143 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6d5c',
    500: '#972e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e1f;
$custom-light: #be6d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45842,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E1F

secondary

#52B2BF

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

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