#500D16#500D16

#500D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.097 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500D16
RGB	rgb(80, 13, 22)
HSL	hsl(352, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(352, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.76, 30.99, 13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.76, 33.75, 23.31°)
OKLab	oklab(28.59% 0.0919 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(28.59% 0.097 19)
XYZ	xyz(3.5974, 2.0518, 0.9655)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500D16 #0D5047

analogous

#500D37 #500D16 #50250D

triadic

#500D16 #16500D #0D1650

tetradic

#500D16 #37500D #0D5047 #250D50

square

#500D16 #37500D #0D5047 #250D50

split-complementary

#500D16 #0D5025 #0D3750

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1B0408 #500D16 #851624 #B91E33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#500D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500D16

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500D16	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)

#201E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 13, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.097 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875352',
    500: '#500d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500d16;
$custom-light: #875352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.94,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28585,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.02051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500D16

secondary

#2E8B7E

accent

#EFD639

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500D16

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

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