#520D1B#520D1B

#520D1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.099 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520D1B
RGB	rgb(82, 13, 27)
HSL	hsl(348, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.31, 32.02, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.31, 33.72, 18.26°)
OKLab	oklab(29.11% 0.096 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(29.11% 0.099 15)
XYZ	xyz(3.8218, 2.1614, 1.2526)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520D1B #0D5244

analogous

#520D3D #520D1B #52210D

triadic

#520D1B #1B520D #0D1B52

tetradic

#520D1B #3D520D #0D5244 #210D52

square

#520D1B #3D520D #0D5244 #210D52

split-complementary

#520D1B #0D5221 #0D3D52

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1D050A #520D1B #87152C #BC1E3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#520D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#520D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520D1B

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520D1B	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 13, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.099 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885357',
    500: '#520d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520d1b;
$custom-light: #885357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29112,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.02161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520D1B

secondary

#2E8D7A

accent

#EFCA38

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E8E9

border

#CBC4C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520D1B

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

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