#511E29#511E29

#511E29 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.077 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E29
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 41)
HSL	hsl(347, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(347, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 49.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 25.06, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 25.51, 10.78°)
OKLab	oklab(31.48% 0.0761 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(31.48% 0.077 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2581, 2.8385, 2.4210)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E29 #1E5146

analogous

#511E43 #511E29 #512D1E

triadic

#511E29 #29511E #1E2951

tetradic

#511E29 #43511E #1E5146 #2D1E51

square

#511E29 #43511E #1E5146 #2D1E51

split-complementary

#511E29 #1E512D #1E4351

monochromatic

#16080B #240D12 #511E29 #7E2F40 #AA3F56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#511E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#511E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E29

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E29	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.077 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c62',
    500: '#511e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e29;
$custom-light: #855c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.059,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31483,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E29

secondary

#458678

accent

#D6B952

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9EA

border

#CBC5C6

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E29

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

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