#852D37#852D37

#852D37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.120 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852D37
RGB	rgb(133, 45, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 58.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 38.44, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 41.03, 20.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.1151 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.12 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3019, 7.1406, 4.3968)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852D37 #2D857B

analogous

#852D63 #852D37 #854F2D

triadic

#852D37 #37852D #2D3785

tetradic

#852D37 #63852D #2D857B #4F2D85

square

#852D37 #63852D #2D857B #4F2D85

split-complementary

#852D37 #2D854F #2D6385

monochromatic

#2A0E11 #571E24 #852D37 #B33C4A #CA626E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#852D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#852D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852D37

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852D37	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 45, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.120 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b6d',
    500: '#852d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852d37;
$custom-light: #ae6b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.182,
    "s": 49.438,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42979,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852D37

secondary

#5DB0A7

accent

#D9C94F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110707

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #852D37

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

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