#511C14#511C14

#511C14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.082 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C14
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 75.3%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.50, 24.27, 18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.50, 30.29, 36.77°)
OKLab	oklab(30.67% 0.07 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(30.67% 0.082 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9353, 2.6309, 0.9623)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C14 #144951

analogous

#51142B #511C14 #513B14

triadic

#511C14 #14511C #1C1451

tetradic

#511C14 #2B5114 #144951 #3B1451

square

#511C14 #2B5114 #144951 #3B1451

split-complementary

#511C14 #14513B #142B51

monochromatic

#190806 #200B08 #511C14 #822D20 #B33E2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#511C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#511C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C14

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C14	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.082 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875a51',
    500: '#511c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c14;
$custom-light: #875a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.869,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30666,
    "c": 0.08155,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C14

secondary

#387E89

accent

#CFE444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C14

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

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