#503238#503238

#503238 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.044 H 6.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503238
RGB	rgb(80, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(348, 23%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(348, 38%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.5%, 30%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 14.56, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 14.68, 7.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0441 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.044 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1628, 4.2725, 4.2934)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503238 #32504A

analogous

#503247 #503238 #503B32

triadic

#503238 #385032 #323850

tetradic

#503238 #475032 #32504A #3B3250

square

#503238 #475032 #32504A #3B3250

split-complementary

#503238 #32503B #324750

monochromatic

#130C0D #2A1A1E #503238 #764A52 #9B616D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#503238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#503238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503238

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503238	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.044 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826a6e',
    500: '#503238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503238;
$custom-light: #826a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3552,
    "c": 0.04436,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503238

secondary

#5D817A

accent

#C0AE68

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0607

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #503238

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

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