#500E1A#500E1A

#500E1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.096 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E1A
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 26)
HSL	hsl(349, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 67.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.98, 30.89, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.98, 32.71, 19.20°)
OKLab	oklab(28.78% 0.0925 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(28.78% 0.096 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6521, 2.0947, 1.1891)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E1A #0E5044

analogous

#500E3B #500E1A #50230E

triadic

#500E1A #1A500E #0E1A50

tetradic

#500E1A #3B500E #0E5044 #230E50

square

#500E1A #3B500E #0E5044 #230E50

split-complementary

#500E1A #0E5023 #0E3B50

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1C0509 #500E1A #84172B #B8203C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#500E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#500E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E1A

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E1A	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.096 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865356',
    500: '#500e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e1a;
$custom-light: #865356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28775,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E1A

secondary

#2F8B7A

accent

#EDCD3B

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#F0E8E8

border

#CBC4C4

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E1A

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

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