#821B2A#821B2A

#821B2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.137 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#821B2A
RGB	rgb(130, 27, 42)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 67.7%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 43.77, 18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 47.40, 22.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.13 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.137 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0169, 5.6984, 2.7625)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#821B2A #1B8273

analogous

#821B5D #821B2A #823F1B

triadic

#821B2A #2A821B #1B2A82

tetradic

#821B2A #5D821B #1B8273 #3F1B82

square

#821B2A #5D821B #1B8273 #3F1B82

split-complementary

#821B2A #1B823F #1B5D82

monochromatic

#1D0609 #4F101A #821B2A #B5263A #D74056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#821B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#821B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #821B2A

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##821B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##821B2A	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39362A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #821b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 27, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.137 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad6263',
    500: '#821b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #821b2a;
$custom-light: #ad6263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#821b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.262,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40189,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#821B2A

secondary

#43B6A5

accent

#E9D03F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110505

muted

#807A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #821B2A

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

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