#862B1B#862B1B

#862B1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.128 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#862B1B
RGB	rgb(134, 43, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 79.9%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 38.03, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 49.12, 39.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.108 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.128 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8944, 6.8768, 1.7904)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#862B1B #1B7686

analogous

#861B41 #862B1B #86611B

triadic

#862B1B #1B862B #2B1B86

tetradic

#862B1B #41861B #1B7686 #611B86

square

#862B1B #41861B #1B7686 #611B86

split-complementary

#862B1B #1B8661 #1B4186

monochromatic

#200A06 #531B11 #862B1B #B93B25 #D95942

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#862B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#862B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #862B1B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##862B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##862B1B	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#941128

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #862b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 43, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.128 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16958',
    500: '#862b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #862b1b;
$custom-light: #b16958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#862b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.972,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4242,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#862B1B

secondary

#44A8B9

accent

#D0E93E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #862B1B

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

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