#851E15#851E15

#851E15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.140 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851E15
RGB	rgb(133, 30, 21)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 84.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 42.75, 32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 53.53, 37.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.1216 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.14 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2737, 5.9709, 1.3209)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851E15 #157C85

analogous

#851544 #851E15 #855615

triadic

#851E15 #15851E #1E1585

tetradic

#851E15 #448515 #157C85 #561585

square

#851E15 #448515 #157C85 #561585

split-complementary

#851E15 #158556 #154485

monochromatic

#1B0604 #50120D #851E15 #BA2A1D #DF4335

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#851E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#851E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851E15

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851E15	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 30, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.140 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16354',
    500: '#851e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851e15;
$custom-light: #b16354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.821,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40728,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851E15

secondary

#3CAFB9

accent

#E1EF38

background

#FBF6F4

surface

#F7EBE7

border

#D0C6C3

text

#120602

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851E15

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

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