#852D1B#852D1B

#852D1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.125 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852D1B
RGB	rgb(133, 45, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 36.74, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 48.19, 40.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1041 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.125 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8103, 6.9440, 1.8078)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852D1B #1B7385

analogous

#851B3E #852D1B #85621B

triadic

#852D1B #1B852D #2D1B85

tetradic

#852D1B #3E851B #1B7385 #621B85

square

#852D1B #3E851B #1B7385 #621B85

split-complementary

#852D1B #1B8562 #1B3E85

monochromatic

#1F0B06 #521C11 #852D1B #B83E25 #D95B42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#852D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#852D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852D1B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852D1B	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 45, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.125 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06a58',
    500: '#852d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852d1b;
$custom-light: #b06a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.189,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42501,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852D1B

secondary

#44A4B8

accent

#CCE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852D1B

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

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