#522A2C#522A2C

#522A2C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.059 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522A2C
RGB	rgb(82, 42, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 32%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(357, 49%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 46.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 18.75, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 20.00, 20.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0566 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.059 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7625, 3.6321, 2.8326)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522A2C #2A5250

analogous

#522A40 #522A2C #523C2A

triadic

#522A2C #2C522A #2A2C52

tetradic

#522A2C #40522A #2A5250 #3C2A52

square

#522A2C #40522A #2A5250 #3C2A52

split-complementary

#522A2C #2A523C #2A4052

monochromatic

#140A0B #2A1516 #522A2C #7A3F42 #A35357

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#522A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#522A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522A2C

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522A2C	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32312C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C392B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59252B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 42, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.059 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856465',
    500: '#522a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522a2c;
$custom-light: #856465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 32.258,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33836,
    "c": 0.05939,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522A2C

secondary

#548482

accent

#C8C35F

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #522A2C

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

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