#85171B#85171B

#85171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.144 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85171B
RGB	rgb(133, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(358, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 45.24, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 53.16, 31.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.1307 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.144 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1783, 5.6801, 1.5971)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85171B #178581

analogous

#851752 #85171B #854A17

triadic

#85171B #1B8517 #171B85

tetradic

#85171B #528517 #178581 #4A1785

square

#85171B #528517 #178581 #4A1785

split-complementary

#85171B #17854A #175285

monochromatic

#1D0506 #510E10 #85171B #B92026 #DD3A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#85171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#85171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85171B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85171B	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A341A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.144 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16057',
    500: '#85171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85171b;
$custom-light: #b16057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.818,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40192,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85171B

secondary

#3FB9B5

accent

#EDE73B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120503

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #85171B

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

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