#522B2E#522B2E

#522B2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.058 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B2E
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(355, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 43.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 18.39, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 19.35, 18.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0556 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.058 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8369, 3.7193, 3.0474)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B2E #2B524F

analogous

#522B42 #522B2E #523C2B

triadic

#522B2E #2E522B #2B2E52

tetradic

#522B2E #42522B #2B524F #3C2B52

square

#522B2E #42522B #2B524F #3C2B52

split-complementary

#522B2E #2B523C #2B4252

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1617 #522B2E #7A4045 #A2555B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#522B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#522B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B2E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B2E	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33322E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C392D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59272C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.058 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846566',
    500: '#522b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b2e;
$custom-light: #846566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34087,
    "c": 0.05779,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B2E

secondary

#558480

accent

#C7BF60

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B2E

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

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