#51161C#51161C

#51161C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.088 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51161C
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 28)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 65.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.50, 27.94, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.50, 30.16, 22.14°)
OKLab	oklab(29.96% 0.0833 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(29.96% 0.088 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8902, 2.4075, 1.3582)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51161C #16514B

analogous

#51163A #51161C #512D16

triadic

#51161C #1C5116 #161C51

tetradic

#51161C #3A5116 #16514B #2D1651

square

#51161C #3A5116 #16514B #2D1651

split-complementary

#51161C #16512D #163A51

monochromatic

#180708 #21090B #51161C #81232D #B1303D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#51161C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#51161C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51161C

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51161C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51161C	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590919

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51161c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.088 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865757',
    500: '#51161c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51161c;
$custom-light: #865757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51161c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.898,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29959,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51161C

secondary

#3A8881

accent

#E1D147

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #51161C

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

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