#520E0D#520E0D

#520E0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.099 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520E0D
RGB	rgb(82, 14, 13)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 84.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.19, 30.84, 19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.19, 36.42, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(28.94% 0.0888 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(28.94% 0.099 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7098, 2.1376, 0.5979)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520E0D #0D5152

analogous

#520D2E #520E0D #52300D

triadic

#520E0D #0D520E #0E0D52

tetradic

#520E0D #2E520D #0D5152 #300D52

square

#520E0D #2E520D #0D5152 #300D52

split-complementary

#520E0D #0D5230 #0D2E52

monochromatic

#1A0504 #1D0505 #520E0D #871715 #BC201E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#520E0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#520E0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520E0D

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520E0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520E0D	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)

#231F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520e0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 14, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.099 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89534c',
    500: '#520e0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520e0d;
$custom-light: #89534c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520e0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.87,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28943,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520E0D

secondary

#2E8C8D

accent

#EDEF38

background

#F9F4F4

surface

#F1E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #520E0D

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

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