#500F0F

A very dark, moderate red closely aligning with Maroon.

About #500F0F

At its core, #500F0F is a very dark and moderate hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Maroon. In the RGB color space, it consists of 80 red, 15 green, and 15 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 81% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively dark color when applied to physical surfaces.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#500F0F
RGB80, 15, 15
HSL0.0°, 68.4%, 18.6%
CMYK0%, 81%, 81%, 69%
HSV0.0°, 81.2%, 31.4%
LAB15.9, 29.8, 17.9
XYZ3.6, 2.1, 0.7
Decimal5246735

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

14.83:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.42:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
14.17:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.20:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #500F0F; }
.text-color { color: #500F0F; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #500F0F; }

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