#821E1A#821E1A

#821E1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.136 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#821E1A
RGB	rgb(130, 30, 26)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 80%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 41.93, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 50.72, 34.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.1204 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.136 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8578, 5.7505, 1.5680)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#821E1A #1A7E82

analogous

#821A4A #821E1A #82521A

triadic

#821E1A #1A821E #1E1A82

tetradic

#821E1A #4A821A #1A7E82 #521A82

square

#821E1A #4A821A #1A7E82 #521A82

split-complementary

#821E1A #1A8252 #1A4A82

monochromatic

#1C0606 #4F1210 #821E1A #B52A24 #D8443E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#821E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#821E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #821E1A

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##821E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##821E1A	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #821e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 30, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.136 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6257',
    500: '#821e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #821e1a;
$custom-light: #ae6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#821e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40213,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#821E1A

secondary

#42B1B6

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #821E1A

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

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