#852A35#852A35

#852A35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.124 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852A35
RGB	rgb(133, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 60.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 39.64, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 42.36, 20.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.1186 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.124 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1445, 6.9010, 4.1127)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852A35 #2A857A

analogous

#852A63 #852A35 #854D2A

triadic

#852A35 #35852A #2A3585

tetradic

#852A35 #63852A #2A857A #4D2A85

square

#852A35 #63852A #2A857A #4D2A85

split-complementary

#852A35 #2A854D #2A6385

monochromatic

#280D10 #561B22 #852A35 #B43948 #CC5D6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#852A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#852A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852A35

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852A35	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92172F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.124 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae696c',
    500: '#852a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852a35;
$custom-light: #ae696c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.747,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42558,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852A35

secondary

#59B2A7

accent

#DBCA4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110706

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #852A35

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

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