#50170E#50170E

#50170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.088 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50170E
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 82.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.23, 26.14, 20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.23, 32.95, 37.50°)
OKLab	oklab(29.64% 0.0746 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(29.64% 0.088 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6943, 2.3505, 0.6745)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50170E #0E4750

analogous

#500E26 #50170E #50380E

triadic

#50170E #0E5017 #170E50

tetradic

#50170E #26500E #0E4750 #380E50

square

#50170E #26500E #0E4750 #380E50

split-complementary

#50170E #0E5038 #0E2650

monochromatic

#1A0705 #1C0805 #50170E #842617 #B83520

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#50170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#50170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50170E

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50170E	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27220D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590815

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.088 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87574d',
    500: '#50170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50170e;
$custom-light: #87574d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29643,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50170E

secondary

#2F7E8B

accent

#D5ED3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #50170E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →