#972e2e

Color #972e2e

A moderately saturated dark red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class red-900 #82181a · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#972e2e

RGB

rgb(151, 46, 46)

HSL

hsl(0, 53.3%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 69.5%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 69.5%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(35.46, 43.69, 25.02)

LCH

lch(35.46, 50.35, 29.8)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.1404, 24.54)

HWB

hwb(0, 18%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2e9797

Analogous

#972e62

#972e2e

#97622e

Triadic

#972e2e

#2e972e

#2e2e97

Split-complementary

#972e2e

#2e9762

#2e6297

Tetradic

#972e2e

#97972e

#2e9797

#2e2e97

Square

#972e2e

#62972e

#2e9797

#622e97

Shades

Color #972e2e mixed toward black.

#7e2626

#651f1f

#4b1717

#320f0f

#190808

Tints

Color #972e2e mixed toward white.

#bf3a3a

#ce5f5f

#da8787

#e7afaf

#f3d7d7

Tones

Color #972e2e mixed toward gray.

#8e3737

#853f3f

#7d4848

#745151

#6b5a5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.75:1

White text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78772e · ΔE 40.9

Deuteranopia

#7d822e · ΔE 45.1

Tritanopia

#942e2e · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #972e2e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#972e2e]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#972e2e (#972e2e) is rgb(151, 46, 46) in RGB.

No, #972e2e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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