#851A2C#851A2C

#851A2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.141 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A2C
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 44)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(350, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 66.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 45.15, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 48.49, 21.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.1344 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.141 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4980, 5.9088, 2.9701)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A2C #1A8573

analogous

#851A61 #851A2C #853D1A

triadic

#851A2C #2C851A #1A2C85

tetradic

#851A2C #61851A #1A8573 #3D1A85

square

#851A2C #61851A #1A8573 #3D1A85

split-complementary

#851A2C #1A853D #1A6185

monochromatic

#1F060A #52101B #851A2C #B8243D #DA405A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#851A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#851A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A2C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A2C	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39362C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.141 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6264',
    500: '#851a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a2c;
$custom-light: #af6264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.907,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40715,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A2C

secondary

#42B8A5

accent

#EACD3E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A2C

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

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