#862B16#862B16

#862B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.129 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#862B16
RGB	rgb(134, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 83.6%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 37.85, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 50.74, 41.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1064 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.129 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8414, 6.8556, 1.5113)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#862B16 #167186

analogous

#861639 #862B16 #866316

triadic

#862B16 #16862B #2B1686

tetradic

#862B16 #398616 #167186 #631686

square

#862B16 #398616 #167186 #631686

split-complementary

#862B16 #168663 #163986

monochromatic

#1D0905 #511A0D #862B16 #BB3C1F #DE5738

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#862B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#862B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #862B16

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##862B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##862B16	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)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#941027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #862b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.129 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16955',
    500: '#862b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #862b16;
$custom-light: #b16955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#862b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42368,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#862B16

secondary

#3EA3BA

accent

#CDEF39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #862B16

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

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