#522B25#522B25

#522B25 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.059 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B25
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 37)
HSL	hsl(8, 38%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(8, 55%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 54.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 17.29, 11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 20.95, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0514 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.059 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6778, 3.6556, 2.2092)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B25 #254C52

analogous

#522535 #522B25 #524125

triadic

#522B25 #25522B #2B2552

tetradic

#522B25 #355225 #254C52 #412552

square

#522B25 #355225 #254C52 #412552

split-complementary

#522B25 #255241 #253552

monochromatic

#150B0A #281512 #522B25 #7C4138 #A6574B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#522B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#522B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B25

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B25	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59252A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.059 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85655f',
    500: '#522b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b25;
$custom-light: #85655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33844,
    "c": 0.05921,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B25

secondary

#4D7E85

accent

#BECE5A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B25

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

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