#512A2F#512A2F

#512A2F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.058 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A2F
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 47)
HSL	hsl(352, 32%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(352, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 42%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 18.71, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 19.31, 14.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% 0.0567 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.058 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7346, 3.6109, 3.1364)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A2F #2A514C

analogous

#512A43 #512A2F #51392A

triadic

#512A2F #2F512A #2A2F51

tetradic

#512A2F #43512A #2A514C #392A51

square

#512A2F #43512A #2A514C #392A51

split-complementary

#512A2F #2A5139 #2A4351

monochromatic

#140A0C #291518 #512A2F #793F46 #A2545E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#512A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#512A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A2F

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A2F	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31312F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B382E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58262C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.058 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846467',
    500: '#512a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a2f;
$custom-light: #846467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33774,
    "c": 0.05807,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A2F

secondary

#54837D

accent

#C8BB60

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A2F

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

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