#52261B#52261B

#52261B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.069 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52261B
RGB	rgb(82, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 19.42, 16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 25.57, 40.60°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% 0.0563 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.069 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.3710, 3.2597, 1.4357)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52261B #1B4752

analogous

#521B2C #52261B #52421B

triadic

#52261B #1B5226 #261B52

tetradic

#52261B #2C521B #1B4752 #421B52

square

#52261B #2C521B #1B4752 #421B52

split-complementary

#52261B #1B5242 #1B2C52

monochromatic

#170B08 #24110C #52261B #803B2A #AE5139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#52261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#52261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52261B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52261B	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C361A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A1E23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.069 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866157',
    500: '#52261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52261b;
$custom-light: #866157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32678,
    "c": 0.06882,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52261B

secondary

#417A88

accent

#BEDA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #52261B

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

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