#51172C#51172C

#51172C is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.089 H 1.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51172C
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(338, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(338, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 45.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.12, 29.07, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.12, 29.08, 1.64°)
OKLab	oklab(30.57% 0.0889 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(30.57% 0.089 1.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1546, 2.5445, 2.6547)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51172C #17513C

analogous

#511749 #51172C #511F17

triadic

#51172C #2C5117 #172C51

tetradic

#51172C #495117 #17513C #1F1751

square

#51172C #495117 #17513C #1F1751

split-complementary

#51172C #17511F #174951

monochromatic

#18070D #210912 #51172C #812546 #B03260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#51172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#51172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51172C

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51172C	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22252D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32302B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58101F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.089 1.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855864',
    500: '#51172c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51172c;
$custom-light: #855864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.276,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30569,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 1.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51172C

secondary

#3C886C

accent

#DFA949

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0E9EB

border

#CBC5C6

text

#0B0305

muted

#7C787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #51172C

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

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