#511E12#511E12

#511E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.080 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E12
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 18)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 77.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.89, 23.03, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.89, 30.42, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(30.95% 0.0657 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(30.95% 0.08 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9672, 2.7221, 0.8887)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E12 #124551

analogous

#511226 #511E12 #513E12

triadic

#511E12 #12511E #1E1251

tetradic

#511E12 #265112 #124551 #3E1251

square

#511E12 #265112 #124551 #3E1251

split-complementary

#511E12 #12513E #122651

monochromatic

#190906 #1F0B07 #511E12 #83311D #B54328

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#511E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#511E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E12

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E12	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.080 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c50',
    500: '#511e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e12;
$custom-light: #875c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30954,
    "c": 0.07981,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E12

secondary

#357A8A

accent

#C7E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E12

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

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