#851C19#851C19

#851C19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.141 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851C19
RGB	rgb(133, 28, 25)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 81.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 43.58, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 52.74, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.125 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.141 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2648, 5.8889, 1.5157)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851C19 #198285

analogous

#85194C #851C19 #855219

triadic

#851C19 #19851C #1C1985

tetradic

#851C19 #4C8519 #198285 #521985

square

#851C19 #4C8519 #198285 #521985

split-complementary

#851C19 #198552 #194C85

monochromatic

#1E0606 #51110F #851C19 #B92723 #DB423E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#851C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#851C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851C19

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851C19	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 28, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.141 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16256',
    500: '#851c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851c19;
$custom-light: #b16256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40586,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851C19

secondary

#41B5B9

accent

#E6EB3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851C19

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

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