#512115#512115

#512115 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.075 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512115
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 21)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.60, 21.50, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.60, 28.54, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% 0.0616 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.075 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0729, 2.8917, 1.0530)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512115 #154551

analogous

#511527 #512115 #513F15

triadic

#512115 #155121 #211551

tetradic

#512115 #275115 #154551 #3F1551

square

#512115 #275115 #154551 #3F1551

split-complementary

#512115 #15513F #152751

monochromatic

#180A06 #200D08 #512115 #823522 #B2492E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#512115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#512115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512115

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512115	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59171E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.075 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865e52',
    500: '#512115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512115;
$custom-light: #865e52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31507,
    "c": 0.0754,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512115

secondary

#397989

accent

#C3E246

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #512115

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

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