#520D16#520D16

#520D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.099 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520D16
RGB	rgb(82, 13, 22)
HSL	hsl(352, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 73.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.21, 31.68, 14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.21, 34.64, 23.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29% 0.0938 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(29% 0.099 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7688, 2.1402, 0.9736)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520D16 #0D5249

analogous

#520D38 #520D16 #52260D

triadic

#520D16 #16520D #0D1652

tetradic

#520D16 #38520D #0D5249 #260D52

square

#520D16 #38520D #0D5249 #260D52

split-complementary

#520D16 #0D5226 #0D3852

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1D0508 #520D16 #871524 #BC1E32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#520D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#520D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520D16

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520D16	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 13, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.099 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885352',
    500: '#520d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520d16;
$custom-light: #885352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28999,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520D16

secondary

#2E8D80

accent

#EFD738

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520D16

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

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