#500E1B#500E1B

#500E1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.096 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E1B
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 27)
HSL	hsl(348, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(348, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.00, 30.97, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.00, 32.56, 18.01°)
OKLab	oklab(28.8% 0.0929 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(28.8% 0.096 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.6635, 2.0992, 1.2490)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E1B #0E5043

analogous

#500E3C #500E1B #50220E

triadic

#500E1B #1B500E #0E1B50

tetradic

#500E1B #3C500E #0E5043 #220E50

square

#500E1B #3C500E #0E5043 #220E50

split-complementary

#500E1B #0E5022 #0E3C50

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1C0509 #500E1B #84172D #B8203E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#500E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#500E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E1B

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E1B	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.096 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865357',
    500: '#500e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e1b;
$custom-light: #865357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.182,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.288,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E1B

secondary

#2F8B79

accent

#EDCA3B

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#F0E8E9

border

#CBC4C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E1B

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

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