#512E2F#512E2F

#512E2F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.052 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E2F
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 47)
HSL	hsl(358, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(358, 43%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 42%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 16.19, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 17.35, 21.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.049 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.052 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8836, 3.9090, 3.1861)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E2F #2E5150

analogous

#512E40 #512E2F #513F2E

triadic

#512E2F #2F512E #2E2F51

tetradic

#512E2F #40512E #2E5150 #3F2E51

square

#512E2F #40512E #2E5150 #3F2E51

split-complementary

#512E2F #2E513F #2E4051

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1818 #512E2F #784446 #9F5A5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#512E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#512E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E2F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E2F	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35342F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.052 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836767',
    500: '#512e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e2f;
$custom-light: #836767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 27.559,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34558,
    "c": 0.0516,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E2F

secondary

#588381

accent

#C4C164

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E2F

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

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