#51191E#51191E

#51191E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.084 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51191E
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 63%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.09, 26.61, 10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.09, 28.70, 21.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.42% 0.0795 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(30.42% 0.084 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9757, 2.5389, 1.5087)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51191E #19514C

analogous

#51193A #51191E #513019

triadic

#51191E #1E5119 #191E51

tetradic

#51191E #3A5119 #19514C #301951

square

#51191E #3A5119 #19514C #301951

split-complementary

#51191E #195130 #193A51

monochromatic

#170709 #220B0D #51191E #80272F #AF3641

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#51191E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#51191E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51191E

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51191E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51191E	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27251E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35311D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590E1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51191e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.084 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865959',
    500: '#51191e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51191e;
$custom-light: #865959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51191e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30422,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51191E

secondary

#3E8781

accent

#DCCF4C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0403

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #51191E

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

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