#502E23#502E23

#502E23 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.054 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E23
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(15, 39%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(15, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 56.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 14.24, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 19.75, 43.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.042 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.054 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5889, 3.7812, 2.0780)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E23 #234550

analogous

#50232E #502E23 #504523

triadic

#502E23 #23502E #2E2350

tetradic

#502E23 #2E5023 #234550 #452350

square

#502E23 #2E5023 #234550 #452350

split-complementary

#502E23 #235045 #232E50

monochromatic

#150C09 #251610 #502E23 #7B4636 #A55F48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#502E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#502E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E23

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E23	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57282B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.054 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83675e',
    500: '#502e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e23;
$custom-light: #83675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.341,
    "c": 0.05378,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E23

secondary

#4B7684

accent

#B2CF59

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0604

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E23

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

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