#851D19#851D19

#851D19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.140 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851D19
RGB	rgb(133, 29, 25)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 81.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 43.24, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 52.53, 34.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.124 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.14 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2889, 5.9371, 1.5237)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851D19 #198185

analogous

#85194B #851D19 #855319

triadic

#851D19 #19851D #1D1985

tetradic

#851D19 #4B8519 #198185 #531985

square

#851D19 #4B8519 #198185 #531985

split-complementary

#851D19 #198553 #194B85

monochromatic

#1E0706 #51120F #851D19 #B92823 #DB443E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#851D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#851D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851D19

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851D19	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 29, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.140 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16256',
    500: '#851d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851d19;
$custom-light: #b16256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40678,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851D19

secondary

#41B4B9

accent

#E5EB3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851D19

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

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