#51161A#51161A

#51161A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.088 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51161A
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 67.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.45, 27.78, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.45, 30.55, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0824 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.088 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8671, 2.3983, 1.2364)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51161A #16514D

analogous

#511638 #51161A #512F16

triadic

#51161A #1A5116 #161A51

tetradic

#51161A #385116 #16514D #2F1651

square

#51161A #385116 #16514D #2F1651

split-complementary

#51161A #16512F #163851

monochromatic

#180708 #21090B #51161A #812329 #B13039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#51161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#51161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51161A

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51161A	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590818

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.088 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875756',
    500: '#51161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51161a;
$custom-light: #875756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29913,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51161A

secondary

#3A8883

accent

#E1D647

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #51161A

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

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