#51232D#51232D

#51232D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.070 H 8.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51232D
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(347, 40%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(347, 57%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 44.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 22.69, 3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 22.99, 9.26°)
OKLab	oklab(32.44% 0.0689 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(32.44% 0.07 8.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4683, 3.1413, 2.8531)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51232D #235147

analogous

#512344 #51232D #513023

triadic

#51232D #2D5123 #232D51

tetradic

#51232D #445123 #235147 #302351

square

#51232D #445123 #235147 #302351

split-complementary

#51232D #235130 #234451

monochromatic

#15090C #261115 #51232D #7C3545 #A6485C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#51232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#51232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51232D

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51232D	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37352C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581E27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.070 8.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f65',
    500: '#51232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51232d;
$custom-light: #845f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.957,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32437,
    "c": 0.0696,
    "h": 8.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51232D

secondary

#4B8578

accent

#D0B658

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFE9EB

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #51232D

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

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