#852A2E#852A2E

#852A2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.124 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852A2E
RGB	rgb(133, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 65.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 39.13, 19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 43.62, 26.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1156 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.124 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9951, 6.8413, 3.3258)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852A2E #2A8581

analogous

#852A5C #852A2E #85542A

triadic

#852A2E #2E852A #2A2E85

tetradic

#852A2E #5C852A #2A8581 #542A85

square

#852A2E #5C852A #2A8581 #542A85

split-complementary

#852A2E #2A8554 #2A5C85

monochromatic

#280D0E #561B1E #852A2E #B4393E #CC5D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#852A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#852A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852A2E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852A2E	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92142C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.124 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6966',
    500: '#852a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852a2e;
$custom-light: #ae6966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.363,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42411,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852A2E

secondary

#59B2AE

accent

#DBD54C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110706

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #852A2E

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

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