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#892c3f

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

Token name suggestion: Slate Ember

RGB
137, 44, 63
HSL
348°, 51%, 36%
CMYK
0, 68, 54, 46
Luminance
0.0748

#892c3f is a dark vivid red, 348° on the wheel and 23/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (8.41:1). As text it scores 8.41:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Brown, nearest Tailwind family is rose.

hsl(348 51% 36%)rgb(137 44 63)Base step 800AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #892c3f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#892c3f
Hue
348°
red
Saturation
51%
vivid
Lightness
36%
dark
Brightness
54%
HSV value
Perceived
33%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0748
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
23/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
8.41:1
Closest name
Brown
ΔE2000 10.9
Chroma
42.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.437
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
rose
500 · ΔE 23.3
Web-safe
#993333
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue348° of 360°
Saturation51%
Lightness36%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #892c3f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool23% 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
Red71%
Green24%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#892c3f
HEX (8-digit)#892c3fff
RGBrgb(137, 44, 63)
RGBArgba(137, 44, 63, 1)
HSLhsl(348, 51%, 36%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348, 68%, 54%)
HWBhwb(348 17% 46%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68%, 54%, 46%)
LABlab(32.9 41.0 10.3)
LCHlch(32.9 42.2 14.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.437 0.127 11.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(12.12, 7.48, 5.51)
Decimal8989759
Display P3color(display-p3 0.537 0.173 0.247)
Web-safe#993333

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #892c3f;
background-color: #892c3f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #892c3f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#892c3f] bg-[#892c3f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #892c3f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.537, green: 0.173, blue: 0.247)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.537, green: 0.173, blue: 0.247, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#892C3F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF892C3F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF892C3F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(63, 44, 137)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(137, 44, 63)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(137, 44, 63)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 137, 44, 63)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5373f, 0.1725f, 0.2471f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{137,44,63}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #892c3f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #892c3f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#611F2C, #EED3D8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #892c3f 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: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-100: #F6EAEC;
  --brand-200: #EDCFD5;
  --brand-300: #E4AAB6;
  --brand-400: #D68091;
  --brand-500: #C8556D;
  --brand-600: #B93B55;
  --brand-700: #9A3247;
  --brand-800: #892c3f;
  --brand-900: #5A202C;
  --brand-950: #38141C;
  --brand: #892c3f;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-border: #EBC1CA;
  --brand-hover: #6E2333;
  --brand-pressed: #531B26;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241417;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4F6',
        100: '#F6EAEC',
        200: '#EDCFD5',
        300: '#E4AAB6',
        400: '#D68091',
        500: '#C8556D',
        600: '#B93B55',
        700: '#9A3247',
        800: '#892c3f',
        900: '#5A202C',
        950: '#38141C',
        DEFAULT: '#892c3f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4F6,
  '100': #F6EAEC,
  '200': #EDCFD5,
  '300': #E4AAB6,
  '400': #D68091,
  '500': #C8556D,
  '600': #B93B55,
  '700': #9A3247,
  '800': #892c3f,
  '900': #5A202C,
  '950': #38141C,
);
$brand-base: #892c3f;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EAEC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDCFD5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E4AAB6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D68091", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C8556D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B93B55", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9A3247", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#892c3f", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A202C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#38141C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #892c3f · 8.41:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 8.41:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.50:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #892c3f as text scores 8.41:1 on white and 2.50:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F9ECEE at 7.32:1.

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
#892c3f · 8.41:1
AA on whitealready passes
#892c3f
The quick fox
#892c3f · 8.41:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#892c3f
The quick fox
#C54B64 · 4.56:1
AA on black+18% L
#C54B64
The quick fox
#D57E90 · 7.22:1
AAA on black+31% L
#D57E90

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #892C3F 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
#892c3f on white: 8.41:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#892c3f on black: 2.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #892c3f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #892c3f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White8.41:1AaAa
Slate 508.04:1AaAa
Slate 1007.68:1AaAa
Slate 2006.83:1AaAa
Slate 3005.67:1AaAa
Slate 4003.28:1AaAa
Slate 5001.77:1AaAa
Slate 6001.11:1AaAa
Slate 7001.23:1AaAa
Slate 8001.74:1AaAa
Slate 9002.12:1AaAa
Black2.50:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #42413F
deuteranopia · #5A543D
tritanopia · #961B33

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. #892c3f is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF4F6
#F6EAEC
#EDCFD5
#E4AAB6
#D68091
#C8556D
#B93B55
#9A3247
#892c3f
#5A202C
#38141C
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #FAF4F6Darkest = 950 · #38141CText 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 0.032 11.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.051 11.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.076 11.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.099 11.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.116 11.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.127 11.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.127 11.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.119 11.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.106 11.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.089 11.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.070 11.9);
}

Colors that work with #892c3f

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#FAF4F6
Tinted page background
Border#EBC1CA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B5B
Captions on the surface
Accent#288D5F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#611F2C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9ECEE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241417
Dark-mode background
Hover#6E2333
One step down in lightness
Pressed#531B26
Two steps down
Disabled#AA7B85
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A32740
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 #892c3f

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight65/100
  • 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#2C8976
Analogous left#892C6E
Analogous right#89472C
Split-complement 1#2C8947
Split-complement 2#2C6E89
Triadic 1#3F892C
Triadic 2#2C3F89
Tetradic#6E892C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°348°

#892c3f sits at 348°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red53.7%
Green17.3%
Blue24.7%
R · 0–255
137
0x89
G · 0–255
44
0x2c
B · 0–255
63
0x3f

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta67.9%
Yellow54.0%
Key (black)46.3%

Total ink coverage is 168%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#892c3f text on a black background

contrast 2.50:1

Card sample

#892c3f text on a white background

contrast 8.41:1

Card sample

#892c3f on grey

7.68:1

#892c3f on its own surface

7.75:1

#892c3f on its dark surface

2.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #892c3f;
Background color
Panel with #892c3f background
background-color: #892c3f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #892c3f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(137, 44, 63, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(137, 44, 63, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #892c3f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #892c3f, #89572C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #892c3f, #896E2C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #892c3f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #892c3f;
caret-color: #892c3f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #892c3f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9ECEE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #892c3f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#892c3f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #892c3f 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(137, 44, 63, 0.5)
rgb(137 44 63 / 50%)
#892c3f80
hsl(348 51% 36% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #892c3f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#892c3f1a#F3EAEC
20%#892c3f33#E7D5D9
40%#892c3f66#D0ABB2
60%#892c3f99#B8808C
80%#892c3fcc#A15665

Gradients from #892c3f

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, #B73B54, #892c3f 45%, #611F2C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #892c3f, #724F25);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #892c3f, #2C8976);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C54B64 0%, #892c3f 45%, #611F2C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B03896 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A05D33 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #611F2C 0%, transparent 65%), #892c3f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #892c3f

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.

#892c3f 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 2.50:1 — lift it to #C54B64 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.

#892c3f, answered

What color is #892c3f?

#892c3f is a dark vivid red, closest to Brown (ΔE2000 10.9). It sits at 348° on the hue wheel with 51% saturation and 36% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #892c3f?

rgb(137, 44, 63) — 137 red, 44 green and 63 blue out of 255, or 53.7% / 17.3% / 24.7% by channel.

What is #892c3f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(348, 51%, 36%) and hsv(348, 68%, 54%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #892c3f a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0748 and perceived brightness is 33%, so white text on it reaches 8.41:1.

Should I use black or white text on #892c3f?

White. It scores 8.41:1 against #892c3f, versus 2.50:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #892c3f accessible on a white background?

#892c3f on white scores 8.41:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #892c3f?

#2C8976 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2C8947 and #2C6E89, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #892c3f?

For interface work: #FAF4F6 as the surface, #EBC1CA for borders, #9B4B5B for secondary text, #288D5F as an accent and #611F2C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #892C6E and #89472C stays calm, while #2C8976 is the loudest partner.

What is #892c3f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 68%, 54%, 46%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #892c3f warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 23 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #893B2C; nudged cooler, #8B2A61.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #892c3f?

The rose family — its 500 step is #f43f5e, ΔE2000 23.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #892c3f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #892c3f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#892c3f] or text-[#892c3f], 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 #892c3f with 50% opacity?

rgba(137, 44, 63, 0.5), or #892c3f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C4969F; over black, #451620.

Is #892c3f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #993333, ΔE2000 8.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #892c3f 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #892c3f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B73B54, #892c3f 45%, #611F2C). For more colour, a short hue run to #724F25 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #892c3f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #892c3f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.