#501E17#501E17

#501E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.077 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E17
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 71.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.78, 22.93, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.78, 28.20, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(30.86% 0.0666 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(30.86% 0.077 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9276, 2.6964, 1.1241)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E17 #174950

analogous

#50172D #501E17 #503A17

triadic

#501E17 #17501E #1E1750

tetradic

#501E17 #2D5017 #174950 #3A1750

square

#501E17 #2D5017 #174950 #3A1750

split-complementary

#501E17 #17503A #172D50

monochromatic

#180907 #200C09 #501E17 #803025 #AF4232

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#501E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#501E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E17

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E17	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58141D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.077 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c54',
    500: '#501e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e17;
$custom-light: #855c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.368,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3086,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E17

secondary

#3C7E87

accent

#CCDF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E17

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

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