#862B2A#862B2A

#862B2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.125 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#862B2A
RGB	rgb(134, 43, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 68.7%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 38.79, 22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 44.70, 29.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.1136 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.125 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1145, 6.9648, 2.9491)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#862B2A #2A8586

analogous

#862A57 #862B2A #86592A

triadic

#862B2A #2A862B #2B2A86

tetradic

#862B2A #57862A #2A8586 #592A86

square

#862B2A #57862A #2A8586 #592A86

split-complementary

#862B2A #2A8659 #2A5786

monochromatic

#290D0D #571C1B #862B2A #B53A39 #CD5F5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#862B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#862B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #862B2A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##862B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##862B2A	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93142C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #862b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 43, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.125 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06a63',
    500: '#862b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #862b2a;
$custom-light: #b06a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#862b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.652,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42636,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#862B2A

secondary

#5AB1B2

accent

#DADC4C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #862B2A

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

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