#501B28#501B28

#501B28 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.080 H 8.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B28
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 40)
HSL	hsl(345, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(345, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 50%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 26.18, 4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 26.53, 9.26°)
OKLab	oklab(30.81% 0.0796 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(30.81% 0.08 8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0835, 2.6430, 2.3022)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B28 #1B5043

analogous

#501B42 #501B28 #50281B

triadic

#501B28 #28501B #1B2850

tetradic

#501B28 #42501B #1B5043 #281B50

square

#501B28 #42501B #1B5043 #281B50

split-complementary

#501B28 #1B5028 #1B4250

monochromatic

#17080B #220C11 #501B28 #7E2A3F #AC3A56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#501B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#501B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B28

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B28	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571420

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.080 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a61',
    500: '#501b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b28;
$custom-light: #845a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.283,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30814,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B28

secondary

#418675

accent

#D9B74F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B28

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

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