#512D2A#512D2A

#512D2A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.054 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D2A
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 42)
HSL	hsl(5, 32%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(5, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 48.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 16.16, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 18.54, 29.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0486 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.054 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7499, 3.7937, 2.6721)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D2A #2A4E51

analogous

#512A3B #512D2A #51412A

triadic

#512D2A #2A512D #2D2A51

tetradic

#512D2A #3B512A #2A4E51 #412A51

square

#512D2A #3B512A #2A4E51 #412A51

split-complementary

#512D2A #2A5141 #2A3B51

monochromatic

#140B0A #291715 #512D2A #79433F #A25A54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#512D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#512D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D2A

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D2A	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35322A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.054 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846663',
    500: '#512d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d2a;
$custom-light: #846663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34216,
    "c": 0.05377,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D2A

secondary

#548083

accent

#C0C860

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D2A

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

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