#52272E#52272E

#52272E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.064 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52272E
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 36%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(350, 52%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 43.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 20.85, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 21.36, 12.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% 0.0632 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.064 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6986, 3.4426, 3.0013)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52272E #27524B

analogous

#522743 #52272E #523527

triadic

#52272E #2E5227 #272E52

tetradic

#52272E #435227 #27524B #352752

square

#52272E #435227 #27524B #352752

split-complementary

#52272E #275235 #274352

monochromatic

#150A0C #291317 #52272E #7B3B45 #A54E5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#52272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#52272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52272E

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52272E	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A372D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59222A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.064 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856266',
    500: '#52272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52272e;
$custom-light: #856266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.233,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33338,
    "c": 0.06437,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52272E

secondary

#50857C

accent

#CCB95C

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #52272E

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

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