#851A19#851A19

#851A19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.142 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A19
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 25)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(1, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 81.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 44.24, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 53.15, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.1271 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.142 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2190, 5.7972, 1.5004)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A19 #198485

analogous

#85194E #851A19 #855019

triadic

#851A19 #19851A #1A1985

tetradic

#851A19 #4E8519 #198485 #501985

square

#851A19 #4E8519 #198485 #501985

split-complementary

#851A19 #198550 #194E85

monochromatic

#1E0606 #51100F #851A19 #B92423 #DB3F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#851A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#851A19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A19

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A19	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.142 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16156',
    500: '#851a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a19;
$custom-light: #b16156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.556,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40411,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A19

secondary

#41B8B9

accent

#EAEB3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120503

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A19

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

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