#972E23#972E23

#972E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.142 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E23
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 43.15, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 53.41, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.1237 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.142 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0444, 8.6567, 2.5212)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E23 #238C97

analogous

#972352 #972E23 #976823

triadic

#972E23 #23972E #2E2397

tetradic

#972E23 #529723 #238C97 #682397

square

#972E23 #529723 #238C97 #682397

split-complementary

#972E23 #239768 #235297

monochromatic

#34100C #651F17 #972E23 #C93D2F #D9675B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#972E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#972E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E23

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E23	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)

#4C4421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.142 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6d5e',
    500: '#972e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e23;
$custom-light: #bd6d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.69,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4589,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E23

secondary

#58B4BE

accent

#D6E542

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E23

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

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