#511B14#511B14

#511B14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.083 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511B14
RGB	rgb(81, 27, 20)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 75.3%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 24.81, 17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 30.59, 35.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.51% 0.0717 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(30.51% 0.083 30)
XYZ	xyz(3.9119, 2.5842, 0.9545)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511B14 #144A51

analogous

#51142C #511B14 #513914

triadic

#511B14 #14511B #1B1451

tetradic

#511B14 #2C5114 #144A51 #391451

square

#511B14 #2C5114 #144A51 #391451

split-complementary

#511B14 #145139 #142C51

monochromatic

#190806 #200B08 #511B14 #822B20 #B33C2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#511B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#511B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511B14

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511B14	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A0F1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 27, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.083 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875a51',
    500: '#511b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511b14;
$custom-light: #875a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30511,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.02584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511B14

secondary

#388089

accent

#D1E444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #511B14

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

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