#500E12#500E12

#500E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.096 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E12
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(356, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 77.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.82, 30.38, 16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.82, 34.37, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(28.61% 0.0889 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(28.61% 0.096 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5749, 2.0638, 0.7823)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E12 #0E504C

analogous

#500E33 #500E12 #502B0E

triadic

#500E12 #12500E #0E1250

tetradic

#500E12 #33500E #0E504C #2B0E50

square

#500E12 #33500E #0E504C #2B0E50

split-complementary

#500E12 #0E502B #0E3350

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1C0506 #500E12 #84171E #B82029

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#500E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#500E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E12

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E12	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)

#211E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.096 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87534f',
    500: '#500e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e12;
$custom-light: #87534f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28607,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E12

secondary

#2F8B85

accent

#EDE23B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E12

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

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