#500E17#500E17

#500E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.096 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E17
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 23)
HSL	hsl(352, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(352, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 71.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.91, 30.68, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.91, 33.26, 22.70°)
OKLab	oklab(28.71% 0.0911 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(28.71% 0.096 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6203, 2.0820, 1.0217)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E17 #0E5047

analogous

#500E38 #500E17 #50260E

triadic

#500E17 #17500E #0E1750

tetradic

#500E17 #38500E #0E5047 #260E50

square

#500E17 #38500E #0E5047 #260E50

split-complementary

#500E17 #0E5026 #0E3850

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1C0508 #500E17 #841726 #B82035

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.83

#500E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#500E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E17

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E17	1.00	14.83	1.42	14.83
#FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.096 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875353',
    500: '#500e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e17;
$custom-light: #875353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.818,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28706,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E17

secondary

#2F8B7E

accent

#EDD53B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E17

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

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