#503C38#503C38

#503C38 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.029 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C38
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(10, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 30%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 8.10, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 10.00, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.025 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.029 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6380, 5.2230, 4.4518)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C38 #384C50

analogous

#503840 #503C38 #504838

triadic

#503C38 #38503C #3C3850

tetradic

#503C38 #405038 #384C50 #483850

square

#503C38 #405038 #384C50 #483850

split-complementary

#503C38 #385048 #384050

monochromatic

#120E0D #2C211F #503C38 #745751 #97726B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#503C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#503C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C38

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C38	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55393B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.029 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81716e',
    500: '#503c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c38;
$custom-light: #81716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37687,
    "c": 0.02923,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C38

secondary

#647B80

accent

#AEBA6D

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEECEB

border

#C9C7C6

text

#0A0707

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C38

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

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