#512F2F#512F2F

#512F2F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.050 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F2F
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 47)
HSL	hsl(0, 27%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(0, 42%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 42%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 15.56, 6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 16.90, 23.04°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0471 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.05 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9232, 3.9880, 3.1992)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#512F2F #2F5151

analogous

#512F40 #512F2F #51402F

triadic

#512F2F #2F512F #2F2F51

tetradic

#512F2F #40512F #2F5151 #402F51

square

#512F2F #40512F #2F5151 #402F51

split-complementary

#512F2F #2F5140 #2F4051

monochromatic

#130B0B #2A1919 #512F2F #784545 #9E5C5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#512F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#512F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F2F

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F2F	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572B2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.050 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836867',
    500: '#512f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f2f;
$custom-light: #836867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 26.562,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34759,
    "c": 0.05008,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F2F

secondary

#598282

accent

#C3C365

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F2F

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

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