#52272C#52272C

#52272C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.064 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52272C
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(353, 36%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(353, 52%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 46.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.68, 20.59, 5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.68, 21.43, 16.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.28% 0.0623 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(33.28% 0.064 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6601, 3.4272, 2.7985)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52272C #27524D

analogous

#522741 #52272C #523727

triadic

#52272C #2C5227 #272C52

tetradic

#52272C #415227 #27524D #372752

square

#52272C #415227 #27524D #372752

split-complementary

#52272C #275237 #274152

monochromatic

#150A0B #291316 #52272C #7B3B42 #A54E59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#52272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#52272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52272C

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52272C	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A372B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.064 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856265',
    500: '#52272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52272c;
$custom-light: #856265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.023,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33277,
    "c": 0.06417,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52272C

secondary

#50857F

accent

#CCBF5C

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #52272C

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

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