#831B2E#831B2E

#831B2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.138 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#831B2E
RGB	rgb(131, 27, 46)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 64.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 44.33, 15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 47.11, 19.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.1325 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.138 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2462, 5.8080, 3.1658)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#831B2E #1B8370

analogous

#831B62 #831B2E #833C1B

triadic

#831B2E #2E831B #1B2E83

tetradic

#831B2E #62831B #1B8370 #3C1B83

square

#831B2E #62831B #1B8370 #3C1B83

split-complementary

#831B2E #1B833C #1B6283

monochromatic

#1E060A #50111C #831B2E #B62540 #D8415C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#831B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#831B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #831B2E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##831B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##831B2E	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39362E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#900023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #831b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 27, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.138 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6266',
    500: '#831b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #831b2e;
$custom-light: #ae6266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#831b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.038,
    "s": 65.823,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40462,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#831B2E

secondary

#43B6A1

accent

#E9CA3F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110605

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #831B2E

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

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