#501515#501515

#501515 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.088 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501515
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 21)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 73.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.97, 27.52, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.97, 31.62, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% 0.0806 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.088 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7122, 2.2965, 0.9571)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501515 #155050

analogous

#501533 #501515 #503315

triadic

#501515 #155015 #151550

tetradic

#501515 #335015 #155050 #331550

square

#501515 #335015 #155050 #331550

split-complementary

#501515 #155033 #153350

monochromatic

#180606 #200808 #501515 #802222 #B12E2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#501515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#501515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501515

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501515	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590616

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.088 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865652',
    500: '#501515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501515;
$custom-light: #865652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29484,
    "c": 0.08844,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501515

secondary

#398888

accent

#E2E246

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #501515

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

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