#851A2E#851A2E

#851A2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.141 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A2E
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 46)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 65.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 45.27, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 48.16, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.1353 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.141 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5365, 5.9242, 3.1729)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A2E #1A8571

analogous

#851A63 #851A2E #853B1A

triadic

#851A2E #2E851A #1A2E85

tetradic

#851A2E #63851A #1A8571 #3B1A85

square

#851A2E #63851A #1A8571 #3B1A85

split-complementary

#851A2E #1A853B #1A6385

monochromatic

#1F060B #52101C #851A2E #B82440 #DA405D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#851A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#851A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A2E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A2E	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39372E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.141 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6266',
    500: '#851a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a2e;
$custom-light: #af6266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.785,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40757,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A2E

secondary

#42B8A2

accent

#EACA3E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A2E

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

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