#512D35#512D35

#512D35 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.054 H 5.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D35
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(347, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(347, 44%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 34.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 17.71, 2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 17.83, 6.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0537 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.054 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9745, 3.8835, 3.8551)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D35 #2D5149

analogous

#512D47 #512D35 #51372D

triadic

#512D35 #35512D #2D3551

tetradic

#512D35 #47512D #2D5149 #372D51

square

#512D35 #47512D #2D5149 #372D51

split-complementary

#512D35 #2D5137 #2D4751

monochromatic

#140B0D #2A171B #512D35 #78434F #A05968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#512D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#512D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D35

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D35	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572A30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.054 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83666c',
    500: '#512d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d35;
$custom-light: #83666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3455,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D35

secondary

#578379

accent

#C5AF63

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D35

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

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