#520D17#520D17

#520D17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.099 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520D17
RGB	rgb(82, 13, 23)
HSL	hsl(351, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 72%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.23, 31.74, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.23, 34.43, 22.78°)
OKLab	oklab(29.02% 0.0942 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(29.02% 0.099 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7787, 2.1441, 1.0253)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520D17 #0D5248

analogous

#520D39 #520D17 #52250D

triadic

#520D17 #17520D #0D1752

tetradic

#520D17 #39520D #0D5248 #250D52

square

#520D17 #39520D #0D5248 #250D52

split-complementary

#520D17 #0D5225 #0D3952

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1D0508 #520D17 #871526 #BC1E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.70

#520D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#520D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520D17

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520D17	1.00	14.70	1.43	14.70
#FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 13, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.099 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885353',
    500: '#520d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520d17;
$custom-light: #885353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.304,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2902,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520D17

secondary

#2E8D7F

accent

#EFD538

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520D17

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

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