#501517#501517

#501517 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.088 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501517
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 71.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.01, 27.66, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.01, 31.10, 27.22°)
OKLab	oklab(29.52% 0.0815 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(29.52% 0.088 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7315, 2.3042, 1.0587)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501517 #15504E

analogous

#501535 #501517 #503115

triadic

#501517 #175015 #151750

tetradic

#501517 #355015 #15504E #311550

square

#501517 #355015 #15504E #311550

split-complementary

#501517 #155031 #153550

monochromatic

#180607 #200809 #501517 #802225 #B12E33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#501517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#501517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501517

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501517	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580616

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.088 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865653',
    500: '#501517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501517;
$custom-light: #865653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.966,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29524,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501517

secondary

#398885

accent

#E2DC46

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #501517

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

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