#511A26#511A26

#511A26 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.083 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A26
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 38)
HSL	hsl(347, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(347, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 53.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 26.87, 5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 27.46, 11.83°)
OKLab	oklab(30.79% 0.0815 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(30.79% 0.083 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1129, 2.6286, 2.1241)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A26 #1A5145

analogous

#511A41 #511A26 #51291A

triadic

#511A26 #26511A #1A2651

tetradic

#511A26 #41511A #1A5145 #291A51

square

#511A26 #41511A #1A5145 #291A51

split-complementary

#511A26 #1A5129 #1A4151

monochromatic

#17070B #230B10 #511A26 #7F293C #AE3851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#511A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#511A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A26

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A26	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59121F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.083 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a60',
    500: '#511a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a26;
$custom-light: #855a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.909,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30785,
    "c": 0.0828,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A26

secondary

#408778

accent

#DBBC4D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A26

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

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