#521b1b

Color #521b1b

A moderately saturated dark red.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 33.28 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#521b1b

RGB

rgb(82, 27, 27)

HSL

hsl(0, 50.5%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 67.1%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 67.1%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(18.62, 25.72, 13.56)

LCH

lch(18.62, 29.08, 27.8)

OKLCH

oklch(30.8%, 0.0826, 23.24)

HWB

hwb(0, 10.6%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b5252

Analogous

#521b37

#521b1b

#52371b

Triadic

#521b1b

#1b521b

#1b1b52

Split-complementary

#521b1b

#1b5237

#1b3752

Tetradic

#521b1b

#52521b

#1b5252

#1b1b52

Square

#521b1b

#37521b

#1b5252

#371b52

Shades

Color #521b1b mixed toward black.

#441717

#371212

#290e0e

#1b0909

#0e0505

Tints

Color #521b1b mixed toward white.

#842c2c

#b73c3c

#cd6868

#de9a9a

#eecdcd

Tones

Color #521b1b mixed toward gray.

#4e2020

#492424

#442929

#402d2d

#3b3232

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.53:1

White text reads better on this background (13.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#41401b · ΔE 29

Deuteranopia

#43471b · ΔE 32.1

Tritanopia

#501b1b · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#2d2d2d · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #521b1b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#521b1b]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#521b1b (#521b1b) is rgb(82, 27, 27) in RGB.

No, #521b1b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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