#520D18#520D18

#520D18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.099 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520D18
RGB	rgb(82, 13, 24)
HSL	hsl(350, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 70.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.25, 31.81, 12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.25, 34.23, 21.67°)
OKLab	oklab(29.04% 0.0947 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(29.04% 0.099 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7889, 2.1482, 1.0791)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520D18 #0D5247

analogous

#520D3A #520D18 #52240D

triadic

#520D18 #18520D #0D1852

tetradic

#520D18 #3A520D #0D5247 #240D52

square

#520D18 #3A520D #0D5247 #240D52

split-complementary

#520D18 #0D5224 #0D3A52

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1D0509 #520D18 #871527 #BC1E37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#520D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#520D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520D18

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520D18	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 13, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.099 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885354',
    500: '#520d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520d18;
$custom-light: #885354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.435,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29042,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520D18

secondary

#2E8D7E

accent

#EFD238

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520D18

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

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