#851E2B#851E2B

#851E2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.137 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851E2B
RGB	rgb(133, 30, 43)
HSL	hsl(352, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 67.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.64, 43.75, 18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.64, 47.67, 23.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.1297 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.137 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5743, 6.0911, 2.9039)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851E2B #1E8578

analogous

#851E5F #851E2B #85451E

triadic

#851E2B #2B851E #1E2B85

tetradic

#851E2B #5F851E #1E8578 #451E85

square

#851E2B #5F851E #1E8578 #451E85

split-complementary

#851E2B #1E8545 #1E5F85

monochromatic

#21070B #53131B #851E2B #B7293B #D6485A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#851E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#851E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851E2B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851E2B	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 30, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.137 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6364',
    500: '#851e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851e2b;
$custom-light: #af6364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.427,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4105,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851E2B

secondary

#47B8AA

accent

#E6D142

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #851E2B

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

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