#851D2E#851D2E

#851D2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.138 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851D2E
RGB	rgb(133, 29, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 65.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, 44.28, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 47.39, 20.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.1321 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.138 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6065, 6.0641, 3.1962)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851D2E #1D8574

analogous

#851D62 #851D2E #85401D

triadic

#851D2E #2E851D #1D2E85

tetradic

#851D2E #62851D #1D8574 #401D85

square

#851D2E #62851D #1D8574 #401D85

split-complementary

#851D2E #1D8540 #1D6285

monochromatic

#21070B #53121D #851D2E #B7283F #D7465D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#851D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#851D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851D2E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851D2E	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 29, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.138 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6366',
    500: '#851d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851d2e;
$custom-light: #af6366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.192,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41018,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851D2E

secondary

#46B8A5

accent

#E7CC41

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #851D2E

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

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