#500E0E#500E0E

#500E0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.097 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E0E
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 14)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(0, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 82.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.76, 30.17, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.76, 35.25, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(28.54% 0.0872 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(28.54% 0.097 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.5450, 2.0518, 0.6248)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E0E #0E5050

analogous

#500E2F #500E0E #502F0E

triadic

#500E0E #0E500E #0E0E50

tetradic

#500E0E #2F500E #0E5050 #2F0E50

square

#500E0E #2F500E #0E5050 #2F0E50

split-complementary

#500E0E #0E502F #0E2F50

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1C0505 #500E0E #841717 #B82020

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#500E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E0E

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E0E	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.097 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87534d',
    500: '#500e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e0e;
$custom-light: #87534d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28542,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E0E

secondary

#2F8B8B

accent

#EDED3B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E0E

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

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