#500E0C#500E0C

#500E0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.097 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E0C
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 12)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(2, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 85%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.73, 30.09, 19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.73, 35.67, 32.49°)
OKLab	oklab(28.51% 0.0865 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(28.51% 0.097 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5321, 2.0466, 0.5568)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E0C #0C4E50

analogous

#500C2C #500E0C #50300C

triadic

#500E0C #0C500E #0E0C50

tetradic

#500E0C #2C500C #0C4E50 #300C50

square

#500E0C #2C500C #0C4E50 #300C50

split-complementary

#500E0C #0C5030 #0C2C50

monochromatic

#1B0504 #1B0504 #500E0C #851714 #BA211C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#500E0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500E0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E0C

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E0C	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.097 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87534c',
    500: '#500e0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e0c;
$custom-light: #87534c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28513,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E0C

secondary

#2C898B

accent

#EBF137

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E0C

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

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