#873C2B#873C2B

#873C2B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.107 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873C2B
RGB	rgb(135, 60, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 68.1%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 30.80, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 40.15, 39.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% 0.0887 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.107 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0447, 8.5585, 3.3027)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873C2B #2B7687

analogous

#872B48 #873C2B #876A2B

triadic

#873C2B #2B873C #3C2B87

tetradic

#873C2B #48872B #2B7687 #6A2B87

square

#873C2B #48872B #2B7687 #6A2B87

split-complementary

#873C2B #2B876A #2B4887

monochromatic

#2A130D #59271C #873C2B #B5513A #CC7460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#873C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#873C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873C2B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873C2B	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 60, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.107 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7465',
    500: '#873c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873c2b;
$custom-light: #af7465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.087,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45235,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873C2B

secondary

#5BA2B2

accent

#C1DB4D

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110805

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #873C2B

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

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