#851A1E#851A1E

#851A1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.142 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A1E
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 30)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 77.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 44.43, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 51.72, 30.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.1289 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.142 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2778, 5.8207, 1.8104)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A1E #1A8581

analogous

#851A53 #851A1E #854B1A

triadic

#851A1E #1E851A #1A1E85

tetradic

#851A1E #53851A #1A8581 #4B1A85

square

#851A1E #53851A #1A8581 #4B1A85

split-complementary

#851A1E #1A854B #1A5385

monochromatic

#1F0607 #521012 #851A1E #B8242A #DA4046

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#851A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#851A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A1E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A1E	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B361D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.142 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0615a',
    500: '#851a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a1e;
$custom-light: #b0615a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.757,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40475,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A1E

secondary

#42B8B4

accent

#EAE43E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120503

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A1E

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

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