#501A0D#501A0D

#501A0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.084 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501A0D
RGB	rgb(80, 26, 13)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 83.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.80, 24.54, 21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.80, 32.45, 40.88°)
OKLab	oklab(30.07% 0.0694 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(30.07% 0.084 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7507, 2.4738, 0.6607)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501A0D #0D4350

analogous

#500D21 #501A0D #503B0D

triadic

#501A0D #0D501A #1A0D50

tetradic

#501A0D #21500D #0D4350 #3B0D50

square

#501A0D #21500D #0D4350 #3B0D50

split-complementary

#501A0D #0D503B #0D2150

monochromatic

#1A0904 #1B0904 #501A0D #852B16 #B93C1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#501A0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#501A0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501A0D

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501A0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501A0D	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29240B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36300B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590D17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501a0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 26, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.084 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87594d',
    500: '#501a0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501a0d;
$custom-light: #87594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501a0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30069,
    "c": 0.08447,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501A0D

secondary

#2E798B

accent

#CCEF39

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #501A0D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →