#512E2E#512E2E

#512E2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.052 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E2E
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(0, 43%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 43.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 16.05, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 17.47, 23.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0486 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.052 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8637, 3.9010, 3.0810)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E2E #2E5151

analogous

#512E40 #512E2E #51402E

triadic

#512E2E #2E512E #2E2E51

tetradic

#512E2E #40512E #2E5151 #402E51

square

#512E2E #40512E #2E5151 #402E51

split-complementary

#512E2E #2E5140 #2E4051

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1818 #512E2E #784444 #9F5A5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#512E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#512E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E2E

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E2E	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.052 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836766',
    500: '#512e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e2e;
$custom-light: #836766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 27.559,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34528,
    "c": 0.05168,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E2E

secondary

#588383

accent

#C4C464

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E2E

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

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