#851B1E#851B1E

#851B1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.141 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B1E
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 30)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 77.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 44.11, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 51.51, 31.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.1278 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.141 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3004, 5.8658, 1.8179)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B1E #1B8582

analogous

#851B53 #851B1E #854D1B

triadic

#851B1E #1E851B #1B1E85

tetradic

#851B1E #53851B #1B8582 #4D1B85

square

#851B1E #53851B #1B8582 #4D1B85

split-complementary

#851B1E #1B854D #1B5385

monochromatic

#1F0607 #521113 #851B1E #B82529 #D94246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#851B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#851B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B1E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B1E	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C361D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.141 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0625a',
    500: '#851b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b1e;
$custom-light: #b0625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.302,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40561,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B1E

secondary

#44B8B5

accent

#E9E43F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B1E

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

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