#500F1B#500F1B

#500F1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.095 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500F1B
RGB	rgb(80, 15, 27)
HSL	hsl(349, 68%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, 30.58, 10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 32.25, 18.53°)
OKLab	oklab(28.9% 0.0917 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(28.9% 0.095 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6773, 2.1268, 1.2536)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500F1B #0F5044

analogous

#500F3B #500F1B #50230F

triadic

#500F1B #1B500F #0F1B50

tetradic

#500F1B #3B500F #0F5044 #230F50

square

#500F1B #3B500F #0F5044 #230F50

split-complementary

#500F1B #0F5023 #0F3B50

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1C050A #500F1B #84192C #B7223E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#500F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#500F1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500F1B

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500F1B	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 15, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.095 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865457',
    500: '#500f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500f1b;
$custom-light: #865457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.923,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28903,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500F1B

secondary

#318A7A

accent

#EBCB3D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #500F1B

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

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