#852B17#852B17

#852B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.127 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852B17
RGB	rgb(133, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 37.51, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 49.97, 41.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.1057 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.127 34)
XYZ	xyz(10.6926, 6.7777, 1.5556)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852B17 #177185

analogous

#85173A #852B17 #856217

triadic

#852B17 #17852B #2B1785

tetradic

#852B17 #3A8517 #177185 #621785

square

#852B17 #3A8517 #177185 #621785

split-complementary

#852B17 #178562 #173A85

monochromatic

#1D0905 #511A0E #852B17 #B93C20 #DD573A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#852B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#852B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852B17

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852B17	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.127 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06956',
    500: '#852b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852b17;
$custom-light: #b06956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.422,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.06776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852B17

secondary

#3FA3B9

accent

#CDED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852B17

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

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