#52271B#52271B

#52271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.068 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52271B
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 18.81, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 25.31, 42.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.86% 0.0544 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(32.86% 0.068 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4034, 3.3245, 1.4465)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52271B #1B4652

analogous

#521B2B #52271B #52431B

triadic

#52271B #1B5227 #271B52

tetradic

#52271B #2B521B #1B4652 #431B52

square

#52271B #2B521B #1B4652 #431B52

split-complementary

#52271B #1B5243 #1B2B52

monochromatic

#170B08 #24110C #52271B #803D2A #AE5339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#52271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#52271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52271B

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52271B	1.00	12.61	1.66	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D371A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A1F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.068 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866257',
    500: '#52271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52271b;
$custom-light: #866257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32864,
    "c": 0.06769,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52271B

secondary

#417888

accent

#BBDA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #52271B

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

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