#851E19#851E19

#851E19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.139 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851E19
RGB	rgb(133, 30, 25)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 81.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 42.89, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 52.31, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.1229 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.139 28)
XYZ	xyz(10.3138, 5.9869, 1.5320)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851E19 #198085

analogous

#85194A #851E19 #855419

triadic

#851E19 #19851E #1E1985

tetradic

#851E19 #4A8519 #198085 #541985

square

#851E19 #4A8519 #198085 #541985

split-complementary

#851E19 #198554 #194A85

monochromatic

#1E0706 #51120F #851E19 #B92A23 #DB453E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#851E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#851E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851E19

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851E19	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 30, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.139 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16356',
    500: '#851e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851e19;
$custom-light: #b16356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.778,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40772,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.05985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851E19

secondary

#41B3B9

accent

#E3EB3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851E19

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

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