#81251E#81251E

#81251E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.128 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81251E
RGB	rgb(129, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 76.7%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 38.98, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 47.41, 34.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.1122 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.128 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9503, 6.0855, 1.8787)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81251E #1E7A81

analogous

#811E48 #81251E #81561E

triadic

#81251E #1E8125 #251E81

tetradic

#81251E #48811E #1E7A81 #561E81

square

#81251E #48811E #1E7A81 #561E81

split-complementary

#81251E #1E8156 #1E4881

monochromatic

#1E0907 #4F1712 #81251E #B3332A #D45046

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#81251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#81251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #81251E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##81251E	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E0624

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.128 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad665a',
    500: '#81251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81251e;
$custom-light: #ad665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.242,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40829,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81251E

secondary

#47ACB4

accent

#DAE542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #81251E

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

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