#521817#521817

#521817 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.087 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521817
RGB	rgb(82, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 72%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 26.97, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 31.11, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(30.31% 0.079 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(30.31% 0.087 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9614, 2.5095, 1.0862)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521817 #175152

analogous

#521733 #521817 #523517

triadic

#521817 #175218 #181752

tetradic

#521817 #335217 #175152 #351752

square

#521817 #335217 #175152 #351752

split-complementary

#521817 #175235 #173352

monochromatic

#180707 #220A0A #521817 #822624 #B23432

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#521817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#521817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521817

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521817	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.087 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885853',
    500: '#521817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521817;
$custom-light: #885853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30314,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521817

secondary

#3C8889

accent

#DDDF48

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #521817

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

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