#52121C#52121C

#52121C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.094 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52121C
RGB	rgb(82, 18, 28)
HSL	hsl(351, 64%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 65.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.04, 30.13, 10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.04, 32.01, 19.73°)
OKLab	oklab(29.66% 0.0902 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(29.66% 0.094 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9060, 2.3108, 1.3387)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52121C #125248

analogous

#52123C #52121C #522812

triadic

#52121C #1C5212 #121C52

tetradic

#52121C #3C5212 #125248 #281252

square

#52121C #3C5212 #125248 #281252

split-complementary

#52121C #125228 #123C52

monochromatic

#190609 #20070B #52121C #841D2D #B6283E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#52121C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#52121C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52121C

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52121C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52121C	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23211C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A0216

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52121c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 18, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.094 16.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52121c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29659,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52121C

secondary

#358B7D

accent

#E7CD41

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #52121C

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

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