#501D16#501D16

#501D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.079 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D16
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 23.42, 16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 28.83, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(30.68% 0.0679 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(30.68% 0.079 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8928, 2.6426, 1.0640)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D16 #164950

analogous

#50162C #501D16 #503A16

triadic

#501D16 #16501D #1D1650

tetradic

#501D16 #2C5016 #164950 #3A1650

square

#501D16 #2C5016 #164950 #3A1650

split-complementary

#501D16 #16503A #162C50

monochromatic

#180907 #200C09 #501D16 #802E23 #B04030

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#501D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#501D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D16

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D16	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)

#2A2615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.079 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865b53',
    500: '#501d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d16;
$custom-light: #865b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.241,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30678,
    "c": 0.07851,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D16

secondary

#3A7E87

accent

#CEE048

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D16

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

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