#972E22#972E22

#972E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.142 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E22
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, 43.11, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 53.71, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% 0.1233 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.142 30)
XYZ	xyz(14.0298, 8.6509, 2.4441)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E22 #228B97

analogous

#972251 #972E22 #976922

triadic

#972E22 #22972E #2E2297

tetradic

#972E22 #519722 #228B97 #692297

square

#972E22 #519722 #228B97 #692297

split-complementary

#972E22 #229769 #225197

monochromatic

#33100C #651F17 #972E22 #C93D2D #DA675A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#972E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#972E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E22

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E22	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.142 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6d5e',
    500: '#972e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e22;
$custom-light: #bd6d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.154,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45877,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.08649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E22

secondary

#57B3BE

accent

#D5E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E22

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

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