#500D17#500D17

#500D17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.097 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500D17
RGB	rgb(80, 13, 23)
HSL	hsl(351, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(351, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 71.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.78, 31.06, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.78, 33.54, 22.18°)
OKLab	oklab(28.61% 0.0923 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(28.61% 0.097 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6072, 2.0557, 1.0173)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500D17 #0D5046

analogous

#500D38 #500D17 #50240D

triadic

#500D17 #17500D #0D1750

tetradic

#500D17 #38500D #0D5046 #240D50

square

#500D17 #38500D #0D5046 #240D50

split-complementary

#500D17 #0D5024 #0D3850

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1B0408 #500D17 #851626 #B91E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.88

#500D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500D17

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500D17	1.00	14.88	1.41	14.88
#FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 13, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.097 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875353',
    500: '#500d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500d17;
$custom-light: #875353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.045,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28606,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500D17

secondary

#2E8B7D

accent

#EFD439

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500D17

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

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