#972E27#972E27

#972E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.141 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E27
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, 43.33, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 52.23, 33.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% 0.1251 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.141 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1073, 8.6819, 2.8520)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#972E27 #279097

analogous

#972758 #972E27 #976627

triadic

#972E27 #27972E #2E2797

tetradic

#972E27 #589727 #279097 #662797

square

#972E27 #589727 #279097 #662797

split-complementary

#972E27 #279766 #275897

monochromatic

#36100E #661F1A #972E27 #C83D34 #D66962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#972E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#972E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E27

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E27	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.141 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6d61',
    500: '#972e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e27;
$custom-light: #bd6d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45943,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E27

secondary

#5EB6BC

accent

#D8E246

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECEA

border

#D1C7C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E27

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

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