#873237#873237

#873237 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.117 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873237
RGB	rgb(135, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 59.3%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 36.79, 16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 40.15, 23.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.1097 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.117 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8229, 7.7095, 4.4792)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873237 #328782

analogous

#873262 #873237 #875832

triadic

#873237 #378732 #323787

tetradic

#873237 #628732 #328782 #583287

square

#873237 #628732 #328782 #583287

split-complementary

#873237 #328758 #326287

monochromatic

#2E1113 #5A2125 #873237 #B44349 #C86B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#873237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#873237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873237

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873237	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.117 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6e6d',
    500: '#873237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873237;
$custom-light: #af6e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43981,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873237

secondary

#65B0AB

accent

#D6CE52

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#110707

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #873237

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

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