#502E2D#502E2D

#502E2D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.050 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502E2D
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(2, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(2, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 43.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 15.47, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 17.10, 25.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0467 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.05 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7591, 3.8493, 2.9745)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502E2D #2D4F50

analogous

#502D3E #502E2D #50402D

triadic

#502E2D #2D502E #2E2D50

tetradic

#502E2D #3E502D #2D4F50 #402D50

square

#502E2D #3E502D #2D4F50 #402D50

split-complementary

#502E2D #2D5040 #2D3E50

monochromatic

#140B0B #291717 #502E2D #774543 #9E5B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#502E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#502E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502E2D

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502E2D	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.050 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836765',
    500: '#502e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502e2d;
$custom-light: #836765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34354,
    "c": 0.05035,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502E2D

secondary

#578082

accent

#C2C463

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #502E2D

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

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