#522C2E#522C2E

#522C2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.056 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C2E
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 30%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 46%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 43.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 17.76, 6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 18.88, 19.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0537 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.056 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8737, 3.7929, 3.0597)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C2E #2C5250

analogous

#522C41 #522C2E #523D2C

triadic

#522C2E #2E522C #2C2E52

tetradic

#522C2E #41522C #2C5250 #3D2C52

square

#522C2E #41522C #2C5250 #3D2C52

split-complementary

#522C2E #2C523D #2C4152

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1718 #522C2E #7A4144 #A2575B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#522C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#522C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C2E

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C2E	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.056 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846666',
    500: '#522c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c2e;
$custom-light: #846666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 30.159,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3428,
    "c": 0.0562,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C2E

secondary

#568481

accent

#C6C161

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C2E

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

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