#501616#501616

#501616 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.087 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501616
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.17, 27.10, 15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.17, 31.04, 29.15°)
OKLab	oklab(29.64% 0.0795 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(29.64% 0.087 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.7404, 2.3377, 1.0132)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501616 #165050

analogous

#501633 #501616 #503316

triadic

#501616 #165016 #161650

tetradic

#501616 #335016 #165050 #331650

square

#501616 #335016 #165050 #331650

split-complementary

#501616 #165033 #163350

monochromatic

#180707 #200909 #501616 #802323 #B03030

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#501616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#501616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501616

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501616	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.087 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865753',
    500: '#501616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501616;
$custom-light: #865753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29637,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501616

secondary

#3A8787

accent

#E0E048

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #501616

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

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