#52231D#52231D

#52231D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.072 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52231D
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 48%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 64.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.38, 21.38, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.38, 25.81, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(32.18% 0.0628 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(32.18% 0.072 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.3028, 3.0851, 1.5311)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52231D #1D4C52

analogous

#521D32 #52231D #523E1D

triadic

#52231D #1D5223 #231D52

tetradic

#52231D #32521D #1D4C52 #3E1D52

square

#52231D #32521D #1D4C52 #3E1D52

split-complementary

#52231D #1D523E #1D3252

monochromatic

#170A08 #25100D #52231D #7F362D #AC4A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.99

#52231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#52231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52231D

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52231D	1.00	12.99	1.62	12.99
#FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A1B22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.072 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865f59',
    500: '#52231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52231d;
$custom-light: #865f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32177,
    "c": 0.07181,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52231D

secondary

#448087

accent

#C8D750

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #52231D

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

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