#52282B#52282B

#52282B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.063 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52282B
RGB	rgb(82, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 34%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(356, 51%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 47.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 19.85, 6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 21.03, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.06 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.063 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6748, 3.4863, 2.7118)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52282B #28524F

analogous

#522840 #52282B #523A28

triadic

#52282B #2B5228 #282B52

tetradic

#52282B #405228 #28524F #3A2852

square

#52282B #405228 #28524F #3A2852

split-complementary

#52282B #28523A #284052

monochromatic

#150A0B #291415 #52282B #7B3C41 #A45056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#52282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#52282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52282B

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52282B	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B382A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.063 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856364',
    500: '#52282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52282b;
$custom-light: #856364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33432,
    "c": 0.06254,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52282B

secondary

#518581

accent

#CBC35D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #52282B

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

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