#521509

Color #521509

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 26.99 Nearest Tailwind class orange-950 #441306 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#521509

RGB

rgb(82, 21, 9)

HSL

hsl(9.9, 80.2%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.9, 89%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 89%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(17.23, 27.71, 22.38)

LCH

lch(17.23, 35.62, 38.93)

OKLCH

oklch(29.7%, 0.0932, 33.09)

HWB

hwb(9.9, 3.5%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#094652

Analogous

#520921

#521509

#523909

Triadic

#521509

#095215

#150952

Split-complementary

#521509

#095239

#092152

Tetradic

#521509

#465209

#094652

#150952

Square

#521509

#215209

#094652

#390952

Shades

Color #521509 mixed toward black.

#441207

#370e06

#290b04

#1b0703

#0e0401

Tints

Color #521509 mixed toward white.

#912510

#d03517

#ea5e42

#f19481

#f8c9c0

Tones

Color #521509 mixed toward gray.

#4c190f

#461d15

#40211b

#3a2521

#332927

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.47:1

White text reads better on this background (14.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#403f0d · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#43460d · ΔE 31

Tritanopia

#500f10 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 22

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #521509;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#521509]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#521509 (#521509) is rgb(82, 21, 9) in RGB.

No, #521509 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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