#523A3E#523A3E

#523A3E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.035 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A3E
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 62)
HSL	hsl(350, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(350, 29%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 24.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 11.31, 1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 11.44, 8.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.0342 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.035 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8623, 5.1680, 5.2452)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A3E #3A524E

analogous

#523A4A #523A3E #52423A

triadic

#523A3E #3E523A #3A3E52

tetradic

#523A3E #4A523A #3A524E #423A52

square

#523A3E #4A523A #3A524E #423A52

split-complementary

#523A3E #3A5242 #3A4A52

monochromatic

#120D0E #2E2123 #523A3E #765359 #986E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#523A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#523A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A3E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A3E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43423E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56383B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.035 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837073',
    500: '#523a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a3e;
$custom-light: #837073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37681,
    "c": 0.03454,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A3E

secondary

#66827D

accent

#BAAD6E

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFECEC

border

#CAC7C7

text

#0A0708

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A3E

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

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