#511D14#511D14

#511D14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.080 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D14
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 20)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 75.3%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.71, 23.72, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.71, 30.00, 37.78°)
OKLab	oklab(30.82% 0.0683 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(30.82% 0.08 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9594, 2.6791, 0.9703)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D14 #144851

analogous

#51142A #511D14 #513B14

triadic

#511D14 #14511D #1D1451

tetradic

#511D14 #2A5114 #144851 #3B1451

square

#511D14 #2A5114 #144851 #3B1451

split-complementary

#511D14 #14513B #142A51

monochromatic

#190906 #200B08 #511D14 #822F20 #B3402C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#511D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#511D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D14

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D14	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.080 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b51',
    500: '#511d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d14;
$custom-light: #875b51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30824,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D14

secondary

#387D89

accent

#CCE444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D14

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

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