#501E16#501E16

#501E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.077 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E16
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.77, 22.86, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.77, 28.53, 36.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.84% 0.0662 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(30.84% 0.077 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9177, 2.6924, 1.0723)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E16 #164850

analogous

#50162B #501E16 #503B16

triadic

#501E16 #16501E #1E1650

tetradic

#501E16 #2B5016 #164850 #3B1650

square

#501E16 #2B5016 #164850 #3B1650

split-complementary

#501E16 #16503B #162B50

monochromatic

#180907 #200C09 #501E16 #803023 #B04230

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#501E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#501E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E16

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E16	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58141C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.077 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c53',
    500: '#501e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e16;
$custom-light: #865c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30841,
    "c": 0.07729,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E16

secondary

#3A7D87

accent

#CBE048

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E16

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

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