#501917#501917

#501917 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.083 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501917
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 23)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 71.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.75, 25.65, 15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.75, 29.79, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(30.08% 0.0752 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(30.08% 0.083 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8109, 2.4631, 1.0852)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501917 #174E50

analogous

#501732 #501917 #503517

triadic

#501917 #175019 #191750

tetradic

#501917 #325017 #174E50 #351750

square

#501917 #325017 #174E50 #351750

split-complementary

#501917 #175035 #173250

monochromatic

#180707 #200A09 #501917 #802825 #AF3732

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#501917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#501917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501917

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501917	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#580D19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.083 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865954',
    500: '#501917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501917;
$custom-light: #865954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3008,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501917

secondary

#3C8487

accent

#D9DF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #501917

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

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