#851E1A#851E1A

#851E1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.139 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851E1A
RGB	rgb(133, 30, 26)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 80.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 42.92, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 52.01, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.1232 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.139 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3248, 5.9913, 1.5899)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851E1A #1A8185

analogous

#851A4B #851E1A #85531A

triadic

#851E1A #1A851E #1E1A85

tetradic

#851E1A #4B851A #1A8185 #531A85

square

#851E1A #4B851A #1A8185 #531A85

split-complementary

#851E1A #1A8553 #1A4B85

monochromatic

#1F0706 #521210 #851E1A #B82A24 #DA4640

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#851E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#851E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851E1A

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851E1A	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 30, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.139 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16357',
    500: '#851e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851e1a;
$custom-light: #b16357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.243,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40783,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851E1A

secondary

#42B4B8

accent

#E4EA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #851E1A

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

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