#520E1B#520E1B

#520E1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.098 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520E1B
RGB	rgb(82, 14, 27)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 31.65, 10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 33.42, 18.73°)
OKLab	oklab(29.21% 0.0948 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(29.21% 0.098 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8349, 2.1876, 1.2570)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520E1B #0E5245

analogous

#520E3D #520E1B #52230E

triadic

#520E1B #1B520E #0E1B52

tetradic

#520E1B #3D520E #0E5245 #230E52

square

#520E1B #3D520E #0E5245 #230E52

split-complementary

#520E1B #0E5223 #0E3D52

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1E050A #520E1B #86172C #BB203D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#520E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#520E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520E1B

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520E1B	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 14, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.098 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885457',
    500: '#520e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520e1b;
$custom-light: #885457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.529,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29208,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520E1B

secondary

#2F8C7B

accent

#EECB3A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520E1B

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

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