#522C2A#522C2A

#522C2A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.057 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C2A
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 32%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(3, 49%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 48.8%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 17.25, 8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 19.44, 27.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0519 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.057 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7985, 3.7628, 2.6636)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C2A #2A5052

analogous

#522A3C #522C2A #52402A

triadic

#522C2A #2A522C #2C2A52

tetradic

#522C2A #3C522A #2A5052 #402A52

square

#522C2A #3C522A #2A5052 #402A52

split-complementary

#522C2A #2A5240 #2A3C52

monochromatic

#140B0A #2A1615 #522C2A #7A423F #A35753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#522C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#522C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C2A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C2A	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59272C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.057 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856663',
    500: '#522c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c2a;
$custom-light: #856663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 32.258,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34167,
    "c": 0.05661,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C2A

secondary

#548284

accent

#C3C85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C2A

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

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