#500D1B#500D1B

#500D1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.097 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500D1B
RGB	rgb(80, 13, 27)
HSL	hsl(347, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(347, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.87, 31.34, 9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.87, 32.87, 17.51°)
OKLab	oklab(28.7% 0.0942 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(28.7% 0.097 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6504, 2.0730, 1.2446)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500D1B #0D5042

analogous

#500D3C #500D1B #50200D

triadic

#500D1B #1B500D #0D1B50

tetradic

#500D1B #3C500D #0D5042 #200D50

square

#500D1B #3C500D #0D5042 #200D50

split-complementary

#500D1B #0D5020 #0D3C50

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1B0409 #500D1B #85162D #B91E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#500D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500D1B

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500D1B	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 13, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.097 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865356',
    500: '#500d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500d1b;
$custom-light: #865356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.463,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28701,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500D1B

secondary

#2E8B78

accent

#EFC939

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#F0E7E9

border

#CBC3C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500D1B

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

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