#511A12#511A12

#511A12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.084 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A12
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 18)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 77.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.06, 25.22, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.06, 31.51, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(30.33% 0.0725 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(30.33% 0.084 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8723, 2.5323, 0.8570)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A12 #124951

analogous

#51122A #511A12 #513A12

triadic

#511A12 #12511A #1A1251

tetradic

#511A12 #2A5112 #124951 #3A1251

square

#511A12 #2A5112 #124951 #3A1251

split-complementary

#511A12 #12513A #122A51

monochromatic

#190806 #1F0A07 #511A12 #832A1D #B53A28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#511A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#511A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A12

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A12	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A0D18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.084 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875950',
    500: '#511a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a12;
$custom-light: #875950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30327,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A12

secondary

#357F8A

accent

#D2E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A12

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

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