Brown Red #922B05

About this color

#922B05 is a dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 44%, its chroma 0.144 and its hue 37°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Brown Red. White text reads best on it, at 8.17:1.

Colors that go with Brown Red

Matches found by rotating Brown Red around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Brown Red

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Brown Red, closest first.

• Pomelo Slice
• Disco Kitchen
• Regal and Velvet
• Cabinet and Whiteboard
• Lime Squeeze
• Terracotta Garden
• Harvest Orchard
• Canyon Caravan

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Brown Red, with their ΔE distance.

• Red Brown #8B2E16 ΔE 0.016
• Rust Brown #8B3103 ΔE 0.017
• Burnt Red #9F2305 ΔE 0.027
• Brick Red #8F1402 ΔE 0.034
• Auburn #9B2226 ΔE 0.037
• Deep Red #9A0200 ΔE 0.040
• Brick #A03623 ΔE 0.042
• Blood Red #980002 ΔE 0.042

More about Brown Red

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Brown Red

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 1 part red
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #98362B, a difference of ΔE 0.035 from Brown Red. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Brown Red in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Brown Red

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FDF3F0

   oklch(97.1% 0.012 37.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F9E5DF

   oklch(93.6% 0.023 37.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F6CFC4

   oklch(88.5% 0.047 36.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F1AE9A

   oklch(80.9% 0.084 37.3)

5. Step 400

   400

   #E78062

   oklch(70.7% 0.134 37.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #DD5A33

   oklch(63.1% 0.173 36.9)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C83B00

   oklch(55.7% 0.186 37.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A93000

   oklch(49.1% 0.164 37)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #922B05

   oklch(44.4% 0.144 37.1)

10. Step 900

    900

    #71250D

    oklch(37.7% 0.113 37)

11. Step 950

    950

    #42170A

    oklch(26.9% 0.071 37.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Brown Red with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.