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#875654

a dark, soft red · warm · closest name: Brown

Token name suggestion: Dusk Rust

RGB
135, 86, 84
HSL
2°, 23%, 43%
CMYK
0, 36, 38, 47
Luminance
0.1245

#875654 is a dark soft red, 2° on the wheel and 27/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.02:1). As text it scores 6.02:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Brown, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(2 23% 43%)rgb(135 86 84)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #875654 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#875654
Hue
red
Saturation
23%
soft
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
53%
HSV value
Perceived
40%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1245
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
27/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
6.02:1
Closest name
Brown
ΔE2000 13.6
Chroma
22.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.507
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 16.9
Web-safe
#996666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue2° of 360°
Saturation23%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #875654.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool27% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red41%
Green53%
Blue5%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#875654
HEX (8-digit)#875654ff
RGBrgb(135, 86, 84)
RGBArgba(135, 86, 84, 1)
HSLhsl(2, 23%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2, 38%, 53%)
HWBhwb(2 33% 47%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 38%, 47%)
LABlab(41.9 20.1 9.6)
LCHlch(41.9 22.3 25.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.507 0.066 22.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(14.92, 12.45, 10.00)
Decimal8869460
Display P3color(display-p3 0.529 0.337 0.329)
Web-safe#996666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #875654;
background-color: #875654;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #875654;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#875654] bg-[#875654]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #875654;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.529, green: 0.337, blue: 0.329)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.529, green: 0.337, blue: 0.329, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#875654</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF875654)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF875654)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(84, 86, 135)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(135, 86, 84)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(135, 86, 84)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 135, 86, 84)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5294f, 0.3373f, 0.3294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{135,86,84}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #875654 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #875654 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4F3231, #E8DAD9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #875654 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F6F6;
  --brand-100: #F2EDED;
  --brand-200: #E5D8D7;
  --brand-300: #D4BBBA;
  --brand-400: #BE9997;
  --brand-500: #A97775;
  --brand-600: #97605E;
  --brand-700: #875654;
  --brand-800: #65403F;
  --brand-900: #4A3130;
  --brand-950: #2E1F1E;
  --brand: #875654;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F6F6;
  --brand-border: #E0CDCD;
  --brand-hover: #714846;
  --brand-pressed: #5B3A39;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231616;
    --brand-ink: #E8DAD9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F6',
        100: '#F2EDED',
        200: '#E5D8D7',
        300: '#D4BBBA',
        400: '#BE9997',
        500: '#A97775',
        600: '#97605E',
        700: '#875654',
        800: '#65403F',
        900: '#4A3130',
        950: '#2E1F1E',
        DEFAULT: '#875654',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F6,
  '100': #F2EDED,
  '200': #E5D8D7,
  '300': #D4BBBA,
  '400': #BE9997,
  '500': #A97775,
  '600': #97605E,
  '700': #875654,
  '800': #65403F,
  '900': #4A3130,
  '950': #2E1F1E,
);
$brand-base: #875654;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F6F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2EDED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E5D8D7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D4BBBA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BE9997", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A97775", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#97605E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#875654", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#65403F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4A3130", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2E1F1E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #875654 · 6.02:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.02:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.49:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #875654 as text scores 6.02:1 on white and 3.49:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F5F0EF at 5.33:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#875654 · 6.02:1
AA on whitealready passes
#875654
The quick fox
#774C4A · 7.20:1
AAA on white−5% L
#774C4A
The quick fox
#9F6765 · 4.60:1
AA on black+8% L
#9F6765
The quick fox
#B68C8A · 7.11:1
AAA on black+20% L
#B68C8A

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #875654 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#875654 on white: 6.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#875654 on black: 3.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #875654 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #875654.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.02:1AaAa
Slate 505.75:1AaAa
Slate 1005.49:1AaAa
Slate 2004.88:1AaAa
Slate 3004.05:1AaAa
Slate 4002.35:1AaAa
Slate 5001.26:1AaAa
Slate 6001.26:1AaAa
Slate 7001.72:1AaAa
Slate 8002.43:1AaAa
Slate 9002.97:1AaAa
Black3.49:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #605D54
deuteranopia · #6C6753
tritanopia · #915056

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #875654 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F6F6
#F2EDED
#E5D8D7
#D4BBBA
#BE9997
#A97775
#97605E
#875654
#65403F
#4A3130
#2E1F1E
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F6Darkest = 950 · #2E1F1EText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.016 22.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.026 22.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.039 22.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.051 22.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.060 22.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.066 22.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.066 22.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.062 22.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.055 22.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.046 22.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.036 22.2);
}

Colors that work with #875654

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F6F6
Tinted page background
Border#E0CDCD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8D5A58
Captions on the surface
Accent#508B7F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4F3231
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F0EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231616
Dark-mode background
Hover#714846
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5B3A39
Two steps down
Disabled#B99392
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9F5350
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #875654

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight57/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#548587
Analogous left#87546B
Analogous right#876F54
Split-complement 1#54876F
Split-complement 2#546B87
Triadic 1#548756
Triadic 2#565487
Tetradic#6B8754
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°2°

#875654 sits at 2°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red52.9%
Green33.7%
Blue32.9%
R · 0–255
135
0x87
G · 0–255
86
0x56
B · 0–255
84
0x54

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta36.3%
Yellow37.8%
Key (black)47.1%

Total ink coverage is 121%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#875654 text on a black background

contrast 3.49:1

Card sample

#875654 text on a white background

contrast 6.02:1

Card sample

#875654 on grey

5.49:1

#875654 on its own surface

5.60:1

#875654 on its dark surface

2.91:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #875654;
Background color
Panel with #875654 background
background-color: #875654;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #875654;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(135, 86, 84, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(135, 86, 84, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #875654;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #875654, #877854);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #875654, #878554);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #875654;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #875654;
caret-color: #875654;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #875654;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F0EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #875654;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#875654 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #875654 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(135, 86, 84, 0.5)
rgb(135 86 84 / 50%)
#87565480
hsl(2 23% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #875654 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8756541a#F3EEEE
20%#87565433#E7DDDD
40%#87565466#CFBBBB
60%#87565499#B79A98
80%#875654cc#9F7876

Gradients from #875654

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #A77371, #875654 45%, #4F3231);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #875654, #746B48);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #875654, #548587);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B38684 0%, #875654 45%, #4F3231 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F6F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A36B89 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9A8460 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4F3231 0%, transparent 65%), #875654;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #875654

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#875654 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.49:1 — lift it to #9F6765 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#875654, answered

What color is #875654?

#875654 is a dark soft red, closest to Brown (ΔE2000 13.6). It sits at 2° on the hue wheel with 23% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #875654?

rgb(135, 86, 84) — 135 red, 86 green and 84 blue out of 255, or 52.9% / 33.7% / 32.9% by channel.

What is #875654 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(2, 23%, 43%) and hsv(2, 38%, 53%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #875654 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1245 and perceived brightness is 40%, so white text on it reaches 6.02:1.

Should I use black or white text on #875654?

White. It scores 6.02:1 against #875654, versus 3.49:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #875654 accessible on a white background?

#875654 on white scores 6.02:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #875654?

#548587 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #54876F and #546B87, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #875654?

For interface work: #F9F6F6 as the surface, #E0CDCD for borders, #8D5A58 for secondary text, #508B7F as an accent and #4F3231 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #87546B and #876F54 stays calm, while #548587 is the loudest partner.

What is #875654 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 36%, 38%, 47%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #875654 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 27 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #876654; nudged cooler, #895264.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #875654?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 16.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #875654 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #875654 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#875654] or text-[#875654], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #875654 with 50% opacity?

rgba(135, 86, 84, 0.5), or #87565480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C3ABAA; over black, #442B2A.

Is #875654 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996666, ΔE2000 6.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #875654 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #875654?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A77371, #875654 45%, #4F3231). For more colour, a short hue run to #746B48 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #875654 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #875654 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.