#522D2B#522D2B

#522D2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.055 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522D2B
RGB	rgb(82, 45, 43)
HSL	hsl(3, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 47.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 16.74, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 18.86, 27.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0504 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.055 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8544, 3.8455, 2.7716)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522D2B #2B5052

analogous

#522B3D #522D2B #52412B

triadic

#522D2B #2B522D #2D2B52

tetradic

#522D2B #3D522B #2B5052 #412B52

square

#522D2B #3D522B #2B5052 #412B52

split-complementary

#522D2B #2B5241 #2B3D52

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1716 #522D2B #7A4340 #A25955

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#522D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#522D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522D2B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522D2B	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 45, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.055 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856664',
    500: '#522d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522d2b;
$custom-light: #856664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.077,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34391,
    "c": 0.05501,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522D2B

secondary

#558284

accent

#C2C760

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #522D2B

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

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