#51242F#51242F

#51242F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.068 H 6.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51242F
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(345, 38%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(345, 56%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 42%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 22.37, 2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 22.53, 6.96°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% 0.068 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.068 6.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5375, 3.2168, 3.0707)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51242F #245146

analogous

#512445 #51242F #512F24

triadic

#51242F #2F5124 #242F51

tetradic

#51242F #455124 #245146 #2F2451

square

#51242F #455124 #245146 #2F2451

split-complementary

#51242F #24512F #244551

monochromatic

#15090C #271116 #51242F #7B3748 #A64A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#51242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#51242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51242F

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51242F	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38362E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.068 6.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846067',
    500: '#51242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51242f;
$custom-light: #846067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.333,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32676,
    "c": 0.06835,
    "h": 6.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51242F

secondary

#4C8577

accent

#CEB259

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFE9EB

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #51242F

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

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