#500C1C#500C1C

#500C1C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.098 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500C1C
RGB	rgb(80, 12, 28)
HSL	hsl(346, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(346, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85%, 65%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.76, 31.78, 9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.76, 33.04, 15.85°)
OKLab	oklab(28.63% 0.0958 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(28.63% 0.098 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6497, 2.0528, 1.3024)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500C1C #0C5040

analogous

#500C3E #500C1C #501E0C

triadic

#500C1C #1C500C #0C1C50

tetradic

#500C1C #3E500C #0C5040 #1E0C50

square

#500C1C #3E500C #0C5040 #1E0C50

split-complementary

#500C1C #0C501E #0C3E50

monochromatic

#1B0409 #1B0409 #500C1C #85142F #BA1C41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#500C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500C1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500C1C

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500C1C	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 12, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.098 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865257',
    500: '#500c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500c1c;
$custom-light: #865257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28632,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500C1C

secondary

#2C8B75

accent

#F1C537

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#F0E7E9

border

#CBC3C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500C1C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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