#522B2D#522B2D

#522B2D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.058 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B2D
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 45.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 18.26, 6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 19.44, 20.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0552 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.058 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8175, 3.7115, 2.9448)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B2D #2B5250

analogous

#522B41 #522B2D #523D2B

triadic

#522B2D #2D522B #2B2D52

tetradic

#522B2D #41522B #2B5250 #3D2B52

square

#522B2D #41522B #2B5250 #3D2B52

split-complementary

#522B2D #2B523D #2B4152

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1617 #522B2D #7A4043 #A25559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#522B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#522B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B2D

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B2D	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C392C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59262C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.058 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856565',
    500: '#522b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b2d;
$custom-light: #856565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34057,
    "c": 0.05779,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B2D

secondary

#558482

accent

#C7C260

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B2D

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

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