#512E27#512E27

#512E27 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.053 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E27
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(10, 35%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(10, 52%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 51.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 15.16, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 18.95, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0452 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.053 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7368, 3.8502, 2.4128)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E27 #274A51

analogous

#512735 #512E27 #514327

triadic

#512E27 #27512E #2E2751

tetradic

#512E27 #355127 #274A51 #432751

square

#512E27 #355127 #274A51 #432751

split-complementary

#512E27 #275143 #273551

monochromatic

#150C0A #281713 #512E27 #7A453B #A45D4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#512E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#512E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E27

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E27	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58292C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.053 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846761',
    500: '#512e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e27;
$custom-light: #846761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34341,
    "c": 0.05339,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E27

secondary

#507B84

accent

#B9CB5D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E27

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

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