#520D11#520D11

#520D11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.100 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520D11
RGB	rgb(82, 13, 17)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 79.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.12, 31.40, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.12, 35.78, 28.65°)
OKLab	oklab(28.91% 0.0916 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(28.91% 0.1 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7252, 2.1227, 0.7438)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520D11 #0D524E

analogous

#520D33 #520D11 #522B0D

triadic

#520D11 #11520D #0D1152

tetradic

#520D11 #33520D #0D524E #2B0D52

square

#520D11 #33520D #0D524E #2B0D52

split-complementary

#520D11 #0D522B #0D3352

monochromatic

#1A0405 #1D0506 #520D11 #87151C #BC1E27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#520D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#520D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520D11

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520D11	1.00	14.74	1.42	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 13, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.100 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89534f',
    500: '#520d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520d11;
$custom-light: #89534f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28906,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520D11

secondary

#2E8D87

accent

#EFE538

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #520D11

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

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