#52231C#52231C

#52231C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.072 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52231C
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 65.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 21.30, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 26.11, 35.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.16% 0.0623 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(32.16% 0.072 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2907, 3.0802, 1.4670)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52231C #1C4B52

analogous

#521C30 #52231C #523E1C

triadic

#52231C #1C5223 #231C52

tetradic

#52231C #30521C #1C4B52 #3E1C52

square

#52231C #30521C #1C4B52 #3E1C52

split-complementary

#52231C #1C523E #1C3052

monochromatic

#170A08 #24100C #52231C #80362C #AD4A3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#52231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#52231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52231C

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52231C	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A1B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.072 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865f58',
    500: '#52231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52231c;
$custom-light: #865f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.778,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32156,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52231C

secondary

#427F88

accent

#C7D94F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0403

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #52231C

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

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