#872217#872217

#872217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.138 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#872217
RGB	rgb(135, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 83%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, 42.01, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 52.91, 37.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.1194 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.138 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7196, 6.3585, 1.4733)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#872217 #177C87

analogous

#871744 #872217 #875A17

triadic

#872217 #178722 #221787

tetradic

#872217 #448717 #177C87 #5A1787

square

#872217 #448717 #177C87 #5A1787

split-complementary

#872217 #17875A #174487

monochromatic

#1E0805 #53150E #872217 #BB2F20 #DE4B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#872217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#872217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #872217

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##872217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##872217	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#950020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #872217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.138 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26555',
    500: '#872217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #872217;
$custom-light: #b26555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#872217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41525,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#872217

secondary

#3FAFBB

accent

#DCEE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #872217

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

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