#52140B#52140B

#52140B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.094 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52140B
RGB	rgb(82, 20, 11)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 86.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, 28.25, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 35.42, 37.11°)
OKLab	oklab(29.6% 0.0802 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(29.6% 0.094 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7907, 2.3189, 0.5645)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52140B #0B4952

analogous

#520B25 #52140B #52370B

triadic

#52140B #0B5214 #140B52

tetradic

#52140B #25520B #0B4952 #370B52

square

#52140B #25520B #0B4952 #370B52

split-complementary

#52140B #0B5237 #0B2552

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1C0704 #52140B #882112 #BE2E19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#52140B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#52140B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52140B

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52140B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52140B	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#362F08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0112

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52140b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 20, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.094 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89564b',
    500: '#52140b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52140b;
$custom-light: #89564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52140b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.606,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29597,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52140B

secondary

#2B818E

accent

#DBF335

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #52140B

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

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