#825252

sRGB: 130 / 82 / 82

#825252 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 130 red, 82 green and 82 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 22.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 41.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.41:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 130, 82, 82
HSL: 0.00°, 22.64%, 41.57%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 36.92%, 50.98%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 36.92%, 36.92%, 49.02%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.746, 11.390, 9.457
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 40.230, 20.081, 8.381
WCAG relative luminance: 0.11390
24-bit decimal: 8540754

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #825252 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 3.28:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 6.41:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#528282 sits half a turn (180°) from #825252 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#825252 #528282

Analogous

#82526A and #826A52 sit 30° to either side of #825252. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#82526A #825252 #826A52

Triadic

#825252, #528252 and #525282 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#825252 #528252 #525282

Split complementary

Start at #825252 and look across the wheel. #52826A and #526A82 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#825252 #52826A #526A82

Square

Starting with #825252, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #6A8252, #528282, then #6A5282. Across the square, #825252 pairs with #528282, and #6A8252 with #6A5282.

#825252 #6A8252 #528282 #6A5282

Tetradic

#825252 and #528282 are opposites, as are #828252 and #525282. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#825252 #828252 #528282 #525282

Tints

Mixing #825252 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9B7575, keeps 80% of the original. By #E6DCDC, the mixture is 80% white.

#825252 #9B7575 #B49797 #CDBABA #E6DCDC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #825252 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #684242, keeps 80% of the original. By #1A1010, the mixture is 80% black.

#825252 #684242 #4E3131 #342121 #1A1010 #000000

Tones

Mixing #825252 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #825B5B, keeps 80% of the original. By #807777, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#825252 #825B5B #816464 #816E6E #807777 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#825252

RGB

rgb(130 82 82)

HSL

hsl(0.000 22.642% 41.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #825252;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#825252 uses 130 red, 82 green and 82 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 51.0%

Green 32.2%

Blue 32.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #825252 is 0.0% cyan, 36.9% magenta, 36.9% yellow and 49.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 36.9%

Yellow 36.9%

Black 49.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #885555. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #855 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #825252 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #885555 Nearest web-safe: #996666

Gradient to complement

#825252 #7A5A5A #726262 #6A6A6A #627272 #5A7A7A #528282

Color vision previews

Compare how #825252 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5B5952

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#676251

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8B4D52

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6B5852

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6F5D51

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#835252

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#5F5F5F

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#725959

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.22323 G 0.08438 B 0.08438

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.48293 G 0.33001 B 0.32594

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.19858 G 0.08899 B 0.08675

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.397 y 0.329 Y 11.390

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 49.020 M % 67.843 Y % 67.843

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000010 01010010 01010010