#500D18#500D18

#500D18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.097 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500D18
RGB	rgb(80, 13, 24)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 70%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.80, 31.13, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.80, 33.35, 21.04°)
OKLab	oklab(28.63% 0.0928 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(28.63% 0.097 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6174, 2.0598, 1.0711)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500D18 #0D5045

analogous

#500D39 #500D18 #50230D

triadic

#500D18 #18500D #0D1850

tetradic

#500D18 #39500D #0D5045 #230D50

square

#500D18 #39500D #0D5045 #230D50

split-complementary

#500D18 #0D5023 #0D3950

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1B0408 #500D18 #851628 #B91E38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#500D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500D18

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500D18	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 13, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.097 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875354',
    500: '#500d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500d18;
$custom-light: #875354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.149,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28629,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500D18

secondary

#2E8B7C

accent

#EFD139

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500D18

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

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