#852B18#852B18

#852B18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.127 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852B18
RGB	rgb(133, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(10, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 82%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 37.55, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 49.64, 40.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.106 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.127 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7028, 6.7818, 1.6094)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852B18 #187285

analogous

#85183B #852B18 #856118

triadic

#852B18 #18852B #2B1885

tetradic

#852B18 #3B8518 #187285 #611885

square

#852B18 #3B8518 #187285 #611885

split-complementary

#852B18 #188561 #183B85

monochromatic

#1D0905 #511A0F #852B18 #B93C21 #DC583C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#852B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#852B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852B18

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852B18	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.127 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06956',
    500: '#852b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852b18;
$custom-light: #b06956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.459,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4221,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852B18

secondary

#40A4B9

accent

#CDEC3C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852B18

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

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