#522B28#522B28

#522B28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.058 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B28
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 34%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(4, 51%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 51.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.57, 17.63, 9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.57, 20.22, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(33.92% 0.0528 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(33.92% 0.058 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7268, 3.6752, 2.4675)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B28 #284F52

analogous

#52283A #522B28 #524028

triadic

#522B28 #28522B #2B2852

tetradic

#522B28 #3A5228 #284F52 #402852

square

#522B28 #3A5228 #284F52 #402852

split-complementary

#522B28 #285240 #283A52

monochromatic

#150B0A #291514 #522B28 #7B413C #A45650

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#522B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#522B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B28

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B28	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59262A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.058 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856561',
    500: '#522b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b28;
$custom-light: #856561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33919,
    "c": 0.05841,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B28

secondary

#518185

accent

#C3CB5D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B28

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

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