#52121B#52121B

#52121B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.094 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52121B
RGB	rgb(82, 18, 27)
HSL	hsl(352, 64%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(352, 78%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 30.05, 11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 32.17, 20.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.64% 0.0897 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(29.64% 0.094 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8942, 2.3061, 1.2768)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52121B #125249

analogous

#52123B #52121B #522912

triadic

#52121B #1B5212 #121B52

tetradic

#52121B #3B5212 #125249 #291252

square

#52121B #3B5212 #125249 #291252

split-complementary

#52121B #125229 #123B52

monochromatic

#190608 #20070A #52121B #841D2C #B6283C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#52121B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#52121B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52121B

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52121B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52121B	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23211B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0216

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52121b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 18, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.094 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885557',
    500: '#52121b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52121b;
$custom-light: #885557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52121b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.563,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29635,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52121B

secondary

#358B7F

accent

#E7D041

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #52121B

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

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