#851C2E#851C2E

#851C2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.139 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851C2E
RGB	rgb(133, 28, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 65.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 44.62, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 47.65, 20.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.1332 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.139 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5824, 6.0159, 3.1882)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851C2E #1C8573

analogous

#851C63 #851C2E #853F1C

triadic

#851C2E #2E851C #1C2E85

tetradic

#851C2E #63851C #1C8573 #3F1C85

square

#851C2E #63851C #1C8573 #3F1C85

split-complementary

#851C2E #1C853F #1C6385

monochromatic

#20070B #52111D #851C2E #B8273F #D8445D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#851C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#851C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851C2E

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851C2E	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A372E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 28, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.139 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6366',
    500: '#851c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851c2e;
$custom-light: #af6366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.714,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40929,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851C2E

secondary

#45B8A4

accent

#E8CB40

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #851C2E

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

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