#851A23#851A23

#851A23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.141 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A23
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 35)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 73.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 44.66, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 50.41, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.1308 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.141 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3468, 5.8483, 2.1738)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A23 #1A857C

analogous

#851A58 #851A23 #85461A

triadic

#851A23 #23851A #1A2385

tetradic

#851A23 #58851A #1A857C #461A85

square

#851A23 #58851A #1A857C #461A85

split-complementary

#851A23 #1A8546 #1A5885

monochromatic

#1F0608 #521016 #851A23 #B82430 #DA404D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#851A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#851A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A23

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A23	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.141 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0625e',
    500: '#851a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a23;
$custom-light: #b0625e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.953,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40551,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A23

secondary

#42B8AF

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A23

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

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