#511E26#511E26

#511E26 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.077 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E26
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 38)
HSL	hsl(351, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 53.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.30, 24.72, 6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.30, 25.63, 15.29°)
OKLab	oklab(31.39% 0.0747 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(31.39% 0.077 13)
XYZ	xyz(4.2078, 2.8183, 2.1557)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E26 #1E5149

analogous

#511E40 #511E26 #51301E

triadic

#511E26 #26511E #1E2651

tetradic

#511E26 #40511E #1E5149 #301E51

square

#511E26 #40511E #1E5149 #301E51

split-complementary

#511E26 #1E5130 #1E4051

monochromatic

#16080A #240D11 #511E26 #7E2F3B #AA3F50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#511E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#511E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E26

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E26	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.077 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c60',
    500: '#511e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e26;
$custom-light: #855c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31393,
    "c": 0.07669,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.02818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E26

secondary

#45867C

accent

#D6C152

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E26

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

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