#85221B#85221B

#85221B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.135 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85221B
RGB	rgb(133, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 41.47, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 50.81, 35.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.1188 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.135 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4439, 6.2113, 1.6857)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85221B #1B7E85

analogous

#851B49 #85221B #85571B

triadic

#85221B #1B8522 #221B85

tetradic

#85221B #49851B #1B7E85 #571B85

square

#85221B #49851B #1B7E85 #571B85

split-complementary

#85221B #1B8557 #1B4985

monochromatic

#1F0806 #521511 #85221B #B82F25 #D94C42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#85221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#85221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85221B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85221B	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#930021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.135 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06558',
    500: '#85221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85221b;
$custom-light: #b06558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.962,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41197,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85221B

secondary

#44B1B8

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #85221B

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

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