#501E18#501E18

#501E18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.077 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E18
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 70%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 23.00, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 27.89, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(30.88% 0.0671 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(30.88% 0.077 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9378, 2.7005, 1.1779)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E18 #184A50

analogous

#50182E #501E18 #503A18

triadic

#501E18 #18501E #1E1850

tetradic

#501E18 #2E5018 #184A50 #3A1850

square

#501E18 #2E5018 #184A50 #3A1850

split-complementary

#501E18 #18503A #182E50

monochromatic

#180907 #210C0A #501E18 #7F3026 #AE4134

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#501E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#501E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E18

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E18	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)

#2B2717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58141D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.077 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c54',
    500: '#501e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e18;
$custom-light: #855c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30878,
    "c": 0.07675,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E18

secondary

#3D7F87

accent

#CEDD4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E18

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

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