#500E0D#500E0D

#500E0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.097 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E0D
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 13)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 83.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.74, 30.13, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.74, 35.46, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(28.53% 0.0868 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(28.53% 0.097 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.5384, 2.0492, 0.5899)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E0D #0D4F50

analogous

#500D2D #500E0D #502F0D

triadic

#500E0D #0D500E #0E0D50

tetradic

#500E0D #2D500D #0D4F50 #2F0D50

square

#500E0D #2D500D #0D4F50 #2F0D50

split-complementary

#500E0D #0D502F #0D2D50

monochromatic

#1A0504 #1B0504 #500E0D #851716 #B9201E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#500E0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500E0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E0D

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E0D	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)

#221E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.097 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87534c',
    500: '#500e0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e0d;
$custom-light: #87534c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28527,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E0D

secondary

#2E8A8B

accent

#ECEF39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E0D

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

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