#522E2B#522E2B

#522E2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.054 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522E2B
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(5, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(5, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 47.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 16.11, 9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 18.47, 29.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0485 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.054 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8930, 3.9227, 2.7845)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522E2B #2B4F52

analogous

#522B3C #522E2B #52422B

triadic

#522E2B #2B522E #2E2B52

tetradic

#522E2B #3C522B #2B4F52 #422B52

square

#522E2B #3C522B #2B4F52 #422B52

split-complementary

#522E2B #2B5242 #2B3C52

monochromatic

#140B0B #2A1716 #522E2B #7A4540 #A25B55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#522E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#522E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522E2B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522E2B	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36332B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59292D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.054 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846764',
    500: '#522e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522e2b;
$custom-light: #846764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34591,
    "c": 0.05361,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522E2B

secondary

#558084

accent

#BFC760

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #522E2B

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

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