#500E16#500E16

#500E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.096 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E16
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 22)
HSL	hsl(353, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(353, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.89, 30.62, 13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.89, 33.47, 23.84°)
OKLab	oklab(28.69% 0.0907 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(28.69% 0.096 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6105, 2.0780, 0.9699)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E16 #0E5048

analogous

#500E37 #500E16 #50270E

triadic

#500E16 #16500E #0E1650

tetradic

#500E16 #37500E #0E5048 #270E50

square

#500E16 #37500E #0E5048 #270E50

split-complementary

#500E16 #0E5027 #0E3750

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1C0508 #500E16 #841724 #B82033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.84

#500E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#500E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E16

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E16	1.00	14.84	1.42	14.84
#FFFFFF	14.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.096 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875352',
    500: '#500e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e16;
$custom-light: #875352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.727,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28685,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E16

secondary

#2F8B7F

accent

#EDD73B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E16

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

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