#500F00

A very dark, vivid red closely aligning with Maroon.

About #500F00

At its core, #500F00 is a very dark and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Maroon. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 15 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 81% magenta, 100% yellow, and 69% black. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#500F00
RGB80, 15, 0
HSL11.2°, 100.0%, 15.7%
CMYK0%, 81%, 100%, 69%
HSV11.2°, 100.0%, 31.4%
LAB15.7, 29.2, 24.1
XYZ3.5, 2.0, 0.2
Decimal5246720

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

14.90:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.41:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
14.24:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.20:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #500F00; }
.text-color { color: #500F00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #500F00; }

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