#852C18#852C18

#852C18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.126 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852C18
RGB	rgb(133, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 82%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 37.09, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 49.41, 41.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1046 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.126 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7396, 6.8554, 1.6217)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852C18 #187185

analogous

#85183A #852C18 #856218

triadic

#852C18 #18852C #2C1885

tetradic

#852C18 #3A8518 #187185 #621885

square

#852C18 #3A8518 #187185 #621885

split-complementary

#852C18 #188562 #183A85

monochromatic

#1D0A05 #511B0F #852C18 #B93D21 #DC593C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#852C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#852C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852C18

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852C18	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)

#453E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.126 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06a56',
    500: '#852c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852c18;
$custom-light: #b06a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.009,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42338,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852C18

secondary

#40A3B9

accent

#CCEC3C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852C18

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

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