#852C17#852C17

#852C17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.127 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852C17
RGB	rgb(133, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 37.05, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 49.74, 41.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.1043 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.127 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7294, 6.8513, 1.5679)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852C17 #177085

analogous

#851739 #852C17 #856317

triadic

#852C17 #17852C #2C1785

tetradic

#852C17 #398517 #177085 #631785

square

#852C17 #398517 #177085 #631785

split-complementary

#852C17 #178563 #173985

monochromatic

#1D0905 #511B0E #852C17 #B93D20 #DD593A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#852C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#852C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852C17

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852C17	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.127 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06a56',
    500: '#852c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852c17;
$custom-light: #b06a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.455,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42328,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852C17

secondary

#3FA2B9

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852C17

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

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