#851A2D#851A2D

#851A2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.141 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A2D
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 45)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 66.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 45.21, 17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 48.32, 20.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.1348 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.141 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5170, 5.9164, 3.0703)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A2D #1A8572

analogous

#851A62 #851A2D #853C1A

triadic

#851A2D #2D851A #1A2D85

tetradic

#851A2D #62851A #1A8572 #3C1A85

square

#851A2D #62851A #1A8572 #3C1A85

split-complementary

#851A2D #1A853C #1A6285

monochromatic

#1F060A #52101C #851A2D #B8243E #DA405B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#851A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#851A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A2D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A2D	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39372D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.141 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6265',
    500: '#851a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a2d;
$custom-light: #af6265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.346,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40736,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A2D

secondary

#42B8A3

accent

#EACC3E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A2D

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

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