#500F0D#500F0D

#500F0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.096 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500F0D
RGB	rgb(80, 15, 13)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 83.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.88, 29.74, 18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.88, 35.22, 32.42°)
OKLab	oklab(28.63% 0.0856 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(28.63% 0.096 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5522, 2.0767, 0.5945)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500F0D #0D4E50

analogous

#500D2C #500F0D #50300D

triadic

#500F0D #0D500F #0F0D50

tetradic

#500F0D #2C500D #0D4E50 #300D50

square

#500F0D #2C500D #0D4E50 #300D50

split-complementary

#500F0D #0D5030 #0D2C50

monochromatic

#1A0504 #1B0504 #500F0D #851916 #B9231E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.84

#500F0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#500F0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500F0D

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500F0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500F0D	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)

#231F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500f0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 15, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.096 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87534c',
    500: '#500f0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500f0d;
$custom-light: #87534c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500f0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28633,
    "c": 0.09613,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500F0D

secondary

#2E888B

accent

#E9EF39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #500F0D

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

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