#523A38#523A38

#523A38 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.035 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A38
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 19%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(5, 32%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 31.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 10.30, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 11.64, 27.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0315 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.035 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7067, 5.1058, 4.4255)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A38 #385052

analogous

#523843 #523A38 #524738

triadic

#523A38 #38523A #3A3852

tetradic

#523A38 #435238 #385052 #473852

square

#523A38 #435238 #385052 #473852

split-complementary

#523A38 #385247 #384352

monochromatic

#120D0C #2E201F #523A38 #765451 #9A6E6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#523A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#523A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A38

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A38	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57373A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.035 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83706e',
    500: '#523a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a38;
$custom-light: #83706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 18.841,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37489,
    "c": 0.0345,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A38

secondary

#648082

accent

#B5BB6C

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFECEB

border

#CAC7C6

text

#0B0707

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A38

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

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