#501916#501916

#501916 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.083 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501916
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.73, 25.58, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.73, 30.08, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(30.06% 0.0747 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(30.06% 0.083 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8011, 2.4592, 1.0334)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501916 #164D50

analogous

#501630 #501916 #503616

triadic

#501916 #165019 #191650

tetradic

#501916 #305016 #164D50 #361650

square

#501916 #305016 #164D50 #361650

split-complementary

#501916 #165036 #163050

monochromatic

#180707 #200A09 #501916 #802823 #B03730

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#501916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#501916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501916

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501916	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580D19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.083 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865953',
    500: '#501916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501916;
$custom-light: #865953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.103,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30061,
    "c": 0.08343,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501916

secondary

#3A8387

accent

#D8E048

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #501916

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

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