#972E20#972E20

#972E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.143 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E20
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 43.03, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 54.32, 37.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.1227 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.143 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0018, 8.6397, 2.2966)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E20 #208997

analogous

#97204D #972E20 #976920

triadic

#972E20 #20972E #2E2097

tetradic

#972E20 #4D9720 #208997 #692097

square

#972E20 #4D9720 #208997 #692097

split-complementary

#972E20 #209769 #204D97

monochromatic

#320F0B #641F15 #972E20 #C93D2B #DB6656

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#972E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#972E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E20

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E20	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)

#4C441E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60B2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.143 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6d5c',
    500: '#972e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e20;
$custom-light: #be6d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45854,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E20

secondary

#54B2BF

accent

#D4E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E20

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

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