#501B0E#501B0E

#501B0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.083 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B0E
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 14)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 82.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.02, 24.05, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.02, 31.93, 41.14°)
OKLab	oklab(30.24% 0.0681 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(30.24% 0.083 35)
XYZ	xyz(3.7799, 2.5216, 0.7031)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B0E #0E4350

analogous

#500E22 #501B0E #503C0E

triadic

#501B0E #0E501B #1B0E50

tetradic

#501B0E #22500E #0E4350 #3C0E50

square

#501B0E #22500E #0E4350 #3C0E50

split-complementary

#501B0E #0E503C #0E2250

monochromatic

#1A0905 #1C0905 #501B0E #842D17 #B83E20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#501B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#501B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B0E

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B0E	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A250C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37300C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#590E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.083 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a4d',
    500: '#501b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b0e;
$custom-light: #865a4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.818,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30236,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.02521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B0E

secondary

#2F798B

accent

#CAED3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B0E

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

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