#52231b

Color #52231b

A moderately saturated dark red.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 30.94 Nearest Tailwind class orange-950 #441306 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#52231b

RGB

rgb(82, 35, 27)

HSL

hsl(8.7, 50.5%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.7, 67.1%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 67.1%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(20.34, 21.21, 15.75)

LCH

lch(20.34, 26.42, 36.6)

OKLCH

oklch(32.1%, 0.0724, 31.28)

HWB

hwb(8.7, 10.6%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b4a52

Analogous

#521b2f

#52231b

#523f1b

Triadic

#52231b

#1b5223

#231b52

Split-complementary

#52231b

#1b523f

#1b2f52

Tetradic

#52231b

#4a521b

#1b4a52

#231b52

Square

#52231b

#2f521b

#1b4a52

#3f1b52

Shades

Color #52231b mixed toward black.

#441d17

#371712

#29120e

#1b0c09

#0e0605

Tints

Color #52231b mixed toward white.

#84382c

#b74e3c

#cd7768

#dea49a

#eed2cd

Tones

Color #52231b mixed toward gray.

#4e2620

#492a24

#442d29

#40302d

#3b3332

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.62:1

White text reads better on this background (13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#42421d · ΔE 26.4

Deuteranopia

#45481e · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#501f1f · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#313131 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #52231b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#52231b]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#52231b (#52231b) is rgb(82, 35, 27) in RGB.

No, #52231b 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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