#51271B#51271B

#51271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.066 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51271B
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 66.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 18.34, 16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 24.80, 42.31°)
OKLab	oklab(32.7% 0.0531 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(32.7% 0.066 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3170, 3.2800, 1.4425)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51271B #1B4551

analogous

#511B2A #51271B #51421B

triadic

#51271B #1B5127 #271B51

tetradic

#51271B #2A511B #1B4551 #421B51

square

#51271B #2A511B #1B4551 #421B51

split-complementary

#51271B #1B5142 #1B2A51

monochromatic

#170B08 #23110C #51271B #7F3D2A #AD533A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#51271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#51271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51271B

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51271B	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C361A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.066 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856257',
    500: '#51271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51271b;
$custom-light: #856257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32702,
    "c": 0.06634,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51271B

secondary

#417787

accent

#BBDA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #51271B

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

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