#52231E#52231E

#52231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.072 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52231E
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 63.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.40, 21.47, 13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.40, 25.53, 32.73°)
OKLab	oklab(32.2% 0.0632 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(32.2% 0.072 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3154, 3.0901, 1.5972)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52231E #1E4D52

analogous

#521E33 #52231E #523D1E

triadic

#52231E #1E5223 #231E52

tetradic

#52231E #33521E #1E4D52 #3D1E52

square

#52231E #33521E #1E4D52 #3D1E52

split-complementary

#52231E #1E523D #1E3352

monochromatic

#160A08 #25100E #52231E #7F362E #AC493F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#52231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#52231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52231E

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52231E	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A1B22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.072 27.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32198,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52231E

secondary

#458187

accent

#C9D652

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #52231E

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

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