#972E35#972E35

#972E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.140 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E35
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 64.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, 44.11, 20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 48.77, 25.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.18% 0.1305 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(46.18% 0.14 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3836, 8.7924, 4.3072)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E35 #2E9790

analogous

#972E69 #972E35 #975B2E

triadic

#972E35 #35972E #2E3597

tetradic

#972E35 #69972E #2E9790 #5B2E97

square

#972E35 #69972E #2E9790 #5B2E97

split-complementary

#972E35 #2E975B #2E6997

monochromatic

#391114 #682025 #972E35 #C43E47 #D26D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#972E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#972E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E35

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E35	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A61331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.140 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6e6c',
    500: '#972e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e35;
$custom-light: #bc6e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46175,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E35

secondary

#67BAB4

accent

#DDD34B

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEB

border

#D1C7C6

text

#130706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E35

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

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