#501C12#501C12

#501C12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.081 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C12
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 18)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 77.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.28, 23.72, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.28, 30.45, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(30.45% 0.068 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(30.45% 0.081 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8331, 2.5802, 0.8683)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C12 #124650

analogous

#501227 #501C12 #503B12

triadic

#501C12 #12501C #1C1250

tetradic

#501C12 #275012 #124650 #3B1250

square

#501C12 #275012 #124650 #3B1250

split-complementary

#501C12 #12503B #122750

monochromatic

#190906 #1E0B07 #501C12 #822D1D #B43F28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#501C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#501C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C12

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C12	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.081 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a50',
    500: '#501c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c12;
$custom-light: #865a50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.677,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30451,
    "c": 0.0808,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C12

secondary

#357B89

accent

#CCE641

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C12

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

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