#852E1E#852E1E

#852E1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.123 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852E1E
RGB	rgb(133, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 77.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 36.40, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 46.97, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1036 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.123 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8854, 7.0358, 2.0129)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852E1E #1E7585

analogous

#851E42 #852E1E #85611E

triadic

#852E1E #1E852E #2E1E85

tetradic

#852E1E #42851E #1E7585 #611E85

square

#852E1E #42851E #1E7585 #611E85

split-complementary

#852E1E #1E8561 #1E4285

monochromatic

#210B07 #531D13 #852E1E #B73F29 #D65E48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#852E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#852E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852E1E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852E1E	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93182B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.123 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6b5b',
    500: '#852e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852e1e;
$custom-light: #af6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.32,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42669,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852E1E

secondary

#47A6B8

accent

#CDE642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #852E1E

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

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