#872C19#872C19

#872C19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.128 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#872C19
RGB	rgb(135, 44, 25)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(10, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 81.5%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 37.87, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 49.97, 40.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.107 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.128 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0691, 7.0241, 1.6924)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#872C19 #197487

analogous

#87193D #872C19 #876319

triadic

#872C19 #19872C #2C1987

tetradic

#872C19 #3D8719 #197487 #631987

square

#872C19 #3D8719 #197487 #631987

split-complementary

#872C19 #198763 #193D87

monochromatic

#200A06 #531B0F #872C19 #BB3D23 #DB5A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#872C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#872C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #872C19

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##872C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##872C19	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#951228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #872c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 44, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.128 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a57',
    500: '#872c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #872c19;
$custom-light: #b26a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#872c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.364,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42702,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#872C19

secondary

#41A6BA

accent

#CDEC3C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #872C19

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

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