#520E1D#520E1D

#520E1D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.099 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520E1D
RGB	rgb(82, 14, 29)
HSL	hsl(347, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(347, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 64.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.49, 31.81, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.49, 33.15, 16.38°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% 0.0958 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.099 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8589, 2.1972, 1.3831)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520E1D #0E5243

analogous

#520E3F #520E1D #52210E

triadic

#520E1D #1D520E #0E1D52

tetradic

#520E1D #3F520E #0E5243 #210E52

square

#520E1D #3F520E #0E5243 #210E52

split-complementary

#520E1D #0E5221 #0E3F52

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1E050B #520E1D #86172F #BB2042

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#520E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#520E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520E1D

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520E1D	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 14, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.099 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885458',
    500: '#520e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520e1d;
$custom-light: #885458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.765,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29258,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520E1D

secondary

#2F8C78

accent

#EEC63A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520E1D

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

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