#500E1C#500E1C

#500E1C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.096 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500E1C
RGB	rgb(80, 14, 28)
HSL	hsl(347, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(347, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 65%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.02, 31.05, 9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.02, 32.43, 16.80°)
OKLab	oklab(28.83% 0.0934 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(28.83% 0.096 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.6753, 2.1039, 1.3110)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500E1C #0E5042

analogous

#500E3D #500E1C #50210E

triadic

#500E1C #1C500E #0E1C50

tetradic

#500E1C #3D500E #0E5042 #210E50

square

#500E1C #3D500E #0E5042 #210E50

split-complementary

#500E1C #0E5021 #0E3D50

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1C050A #500E1C #84172E #B82040

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#500E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#500E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500E1C

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500E1C	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 14, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.096 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865357',
    500: '#500e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500e1c;
$custom-light: #865357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.273,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28825,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500E1C

secondary

#2F8B77

accent

#EDC73B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E8E9

border

#CBC4C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500E1C

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

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