#51271A#51271A

#51271A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.067 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51271A
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 26)
HSL	hsl(14, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 67.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.11, 18.26, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.11, 25.18, 43.50°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% 0.0527 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.067 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3057, 3.2754, 1.3826)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51271A #1A4451

analogous

#511A28 #51271A #51421A

triadic

#51271A #1A5127 #271A51

tetradic

#51271A #28511A #1A4451 #421A51

square

#51271A #28511A #1A4451 #421A51

split-complementary

#51271A #1A5142 #1A2851

monochromatic

#170B07 #23110B #51271A #7F3D29 #AE5438

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#51271A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#51271A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51271A

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51271A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51271A	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51271a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.067 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856256',
    500: '#51271a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51271a;
$custom-light: #856256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51271a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.182,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32683,
    "c": 0.06677,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51271A

secondary

#407687

accent

#B9DB4D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #51271A

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

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