#522B2B#522B2B

#522B2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.058 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B2B
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 47.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 18.00, 7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 19.68, 23.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0542 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.058 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7799, 3.6964, 2.7468)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B2B #2B5252

analogous

#522B3F #522B2B #523F2B

triadic

#522B2B #2B522B #2B2B52

tetradic

#522B2B #3F522B #2B5252 #3F2B52

square

#522B2B #3F522B #2B5252 #3F2B52

split-complementary

#522B2B #2B523F #2B3F52

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1616 #522B2B #7A4040 #A25555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#522B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#522B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B2B

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B2B	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D392A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59262B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.058 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856564',
    500: '#522b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b2b;
$custom-light: #856564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34,
    "c": 0.05792,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B2B

secondary

#558484

accent

#C7C760

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B2B

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

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