Exploring the Color #512D32

#512D32 sits at 352° on the color wheel, placing it in the red family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 29% saturation and 25% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 81, 45, 50 produces a 11.86:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #512D32 is a distant relative of CSS maroon — about 82 units away from #800000. Designers reach for red hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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