#522426Lonestar (#522426) is a very dark, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 19°, lightness 0.33 and chroma 0.069. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #522426 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(82, 36, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 39%, 23%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 56%, 32%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 56%, 54%, 68%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(20.8 21.7 8.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.326 0.069 19) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Lonestar shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#532223 — ΔE 0.6, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#542425 — ΔE 0.5, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#522426 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#522427 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Lonestar in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 12.81:1 and against black 1.64:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#c49f9e · #a07777 · #7e5252 · #522426 · #380f12 · #150001
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#6e4b36 · #62362b · #522426 · #401422 · #2b081d · #170115
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b7a38b · #a97a7a · #866337 · #5c4b38 · #522426 · #340c10
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#88d3d6 · #856868 · #5d4d4c · #522426 · #2a1112 · #0b0202
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eaf4f4 · #c0b3b3 · #7a8181 · #554848 · #522426 · #182020
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ffedec · #dfc4c3 · #b69897 · #522426 · #1e0003 · #e44e5c
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#ffedec · #dfc4c3 · #b69897 · #522426 · #1e0003 · #dbc54e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ddd8b3 · #cda6bd · #1f7791 · #3c4b69 · #522426 · #030f24
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e1f7f7 · #91c4b0 · #4c88a3 · #225746 · #522426 · #08212c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#eaf6e7 · #a4c19c · #6480ac · #364c6f · #522426 · #152211
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f3f3e2 · #b9bb8e · #418d90 · #4b466d · #522426 · #032325
#6E4343 · #8B6363 · #A88484 · #C6A7A7 · #E4CBCB
#471D1F · #3C1719 · #311012 · #270A0C · #1D0507
#4C2829 · #472C2C · #402F2F
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.