#862B17#862B17

#862B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.129 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#862B17
RGB	rgb(134, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 82.8%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 37.88, 33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 50.41, 41.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1067 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.129 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8513, 6.8595, 1.5631)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#862B17 #177286

analogous

#86173A #862B17 #866217

triadic

#862B17 #17862B #2B1786

tetradic

#862B17 #3A8617 #177286 #621786

square

#862B17 #3A8617 #177286 #621786

split-complementary

#862B17 #178662 #173A86

monochromatic

#1E0905 #521A0E #862B17 #BA3C20 #DD583A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#862B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#862B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #862B17

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##862B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##862B17	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#941027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #862b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.129 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16956',
    500: '#862b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #862b17;
$custom-light: #b16956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#862b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.811,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42377,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#862B17

secondary

#3FA4BA

accent

#CDED3A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #862B17

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

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