#873B2E#873B2E

#873B2E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.107 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873B2E
RGB	rgb(135, 59, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 65.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 31.53, 23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 39.48, 36.99°)
OKLab	oklab(45.13% 0.0915 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(45.13% 0.107 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0499, 8.4776, 3.5860)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873B2E #2E7A87

analogous

#872E4D #873B2E #87672E

triadic

#873B2E #2E873B #3B2E87

tetradic

#873B2E #4D872E #2E7A87 #672E87

square

#873B2E #4D872E #2E7A87 #672E87

split-complementary

#873B2E #2E8767 #2E4D87

monochromatic

#2C130F #59271E #873B2E #B54F3E #CA7465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#873B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#873B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873B2E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873B2E	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61582C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 59, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.107 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7367',
    500: '#873b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873b2e;
$custom-light: #af7367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.764,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45127,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873B2E

secondary

#60A5B1

accent

#C5D94F

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110806

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #873B2E

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

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