Skip to the color picker

#862d23 color: Chestnut Plum

#862d23 is rgb(134, 45, 35) in RGB and oklch(42.779% 0.12405 29.511) in OKLCH. Every other format, shade and contrast value is below.

Read as HEX

6°
100%

42.8%
0.124
30°
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Vivid
  • Deep
  • Warm
  • ≈ Wine
  • orange-900
  • Black 47%

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text
8.70:1Readable · AA
Lc -94
Black text
2.41:1Hard to read
Lc 15

Shades

From lightest to darkest. Click a shade to use it.

Harmonies

Open as palette

Recent

Colors you stop on or copy appear here. They stay on this device.

About #862d23

#862d23 is a deep dark red color. In OKLCH it has 42.8% lightness, 0.124 chroma and a hue of 30°.

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast and black text 2.41:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Chestnut Plum (#852e19). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is orange-900.

More dark red colors

Lighter: #862d23 mixed with white

  1. 862d23
  2. 944338
  3. a1574d
  4. ae6c61
  5. ba8077
  6. c7958c
  7. d3a9a2
  8. debeb9
  9. e9d4d0
  10. f4e9e7

Darker: #862d23 mixed with black

  1. 862d23
  2. 74261d
  3. 621f17
  4. 511811
  5. 40110c
  6. 300b07
  7. 210604
  8. 130201
  9. 060100
  10. 010000

Calmer: #862d23 with less saturation

  1. 862d23
  2. 813228
  3. 7d372d
  4. 783b32
  5. 733e37
  6. 6d423b
  7. 68453f
  8. 624843
  9. 5c4a47
  10. 564d4b

Questions about #862d23

What color is #862d23?

#862d23 is deep dark red. The closest named color is Chestnut Plum. In RGB it is rgb(134, 45, 35), in HSL hsl(6.06, 58.58%, 33.14%) and in OKLCH oklch(42.779% 0.12405 29.511).

What colors go well with #862d23?

The complementary color of #862d23 is #005c6b. For a calmer combination use the analogous colors #822b4d and #7e3a00. The triadic partners are #006125 and #354892.

Is white or black text more readable on #862d23?

White text reads better on #862d23: white gives a contrast ratio of 8.7:1 and black gives 2.41:1. WCAG AA asks for at least 4.5:1 for body text.

Is #862d23 a warm or cool color?

#862d23 is a warm color. In OKLCH its hue is 30 degrees, its lightness 42.8% and its chroma 0.124.