#52151C#52151C

#52151C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.090 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52151C
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 28)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 65.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.53, 28.79, 11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.53, 30.98, 21.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.02% 0.0859 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(30.02% 0.09 18)
XYZ	xyz(3.9578, 2.4146, 1.3560)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52151C #15524B

analogous

#52153A #52151C #522D15

triadic

#52151C #1C5215 #151C52

tetradic

#52151C #3A5215 #15524B #2D1552

square

#52151C #3A5215 #15524B #2D1552

split-complementary

#52151C #15522D #153A52

monochromatic

#180608 #21090B #52151C #83212D #B32E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#52151C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#52151C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52151C

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52151C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52151C	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A0718

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52151c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.090 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875757',
    500: '#52151c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52151c;
$custom-light: #875757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52151c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.115,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30022,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.02414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52151C

secondary

#398A81

accent

#E2D045

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #52151C

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

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