#51161E#51161E

#51161E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.088 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51161E
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 63%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.54, 28.10, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.54, 29.83, 19.60°)
OKLab	oklab(30.01% 0.0842 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(30.01% 0.088 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9150, 2.4174, 1.4885)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51161E #165149

analogous

#51163C #51161E #512B16

triadic

#51161E #1E5116 #161E51

tetradic

#51161E #3C5116 #165149 #2B1651

square

#51161E #3C5116 #165149 #2B1651

split-complementary

#51161E #16512B #163C51

monochromatic

#180709 #21090C #51161E #812330 #B13042

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#51161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#51161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51161E

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51161E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51161E	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590A19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.088 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865759',
    500: '#51161e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51161e;
$custom-light: #865759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30008,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51161E

secondary

#3A887E

accent

#E1CC47

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #51161E

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

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