#500D12#500D12

#500D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.097 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500D12
RGB	rgb(80, 13, 18)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 77.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.68, 30.76, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.68, 34.63, 27.36°)
OKLab	oklab(28.51% 0.0901 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(28.51% 0.097 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.5618, 2.0375, 0.7779)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500D12 #0D504B

analogous

#500D33 #500D12 #50290D

triadic

#500D12 #12500D #0D1250

tetradic

#500D12 #33500D #0D504B #290D50

square

#500D12 #33500D #0D504B #290D50

split-complementary

#500D12 #0D5029 #0D3350

monochromatic

#1A0406 #1B0406 #500D12 #85161E #B91E2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.92

#500D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500D12

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500D12	1.00	14.92	1.41	14.92
#FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 13, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.097 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87534f',
    500: '#500d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500d12;
$custom-light: #87534f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28506,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500D12

secondary

#2E8B84

accent

#EFE139

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500D12

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

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