#520D1E#520D1E

#520D1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.100 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520D1E
RGB	rgb(82, 13, 30)
HSL	hsl(345, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(345, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 63.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.39, 32.25, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.39, 33.35, 14.74°)
OKLab	oklab(29.19% 0.0974 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(29.19% 0.1 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8583, 2.1760, 1.4449)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520D1E #0D5241

analogous

#520D40 #520D1E #521E0D

triadic

#520D1E #1E520D #0D1E52

tetradic

#520D1E #40520D #0D5241 #1E0D52

square

#520D1E #40520D #0D5241 #1E0D52

split-complementary

#520D1E #0D521E #0D4052

monochromatic

#1A040A #1D050B #520D1E #871531 #BC1E45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#520D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#520D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520D1E

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520D1E	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 13, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.100 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885359',
    500: '#520d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520d1e;
$custom-light: #885359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.217,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29189,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520D1E

secondary

#2E8D75

accent

#EFC238

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E8E9

border

#CBC4C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520D1E

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

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