#501B18#501B18

#501B18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.081 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B18
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 24)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 70%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 24.66, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 28.86, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(30.4% 0.0723 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(30.4% 0.081 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8654, 2.5558, 1.1537)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B18 #184D50

analogous

#501831 #501B18 #503718

triadic

#501B18 #18501B #1B1850

tetradic

#501B18 #315018 #184D50 #371850

square

#501B18 #315018 #184D50 #371850

split-complementary

#501B18 #185037 #183150

monochromatic

#180807 #210B0A #501B18 #7F2B26 #AE3B34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#501B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#501B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B18

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B18	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58101B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.081 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a54',
    500: '#501b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b18;
$custom-light: #865a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.214,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30401,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B18

secondary

#3D8387

accent

#D5DD4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B18

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

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