#500F1D
A very dark, moderate red closely aligning with Maroon.
About #500F1D
When working with digital screens, the color #500F1D is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Maroon. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 80, 15, and 29.
For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 81% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 347.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#500F1D
RGB80, 15, 29
HSL347.1°, 68.4%, 18.6%
CMYK0%, 81%, 64%, 69%
HSV347.1°, 81.2%, 31.4%
LAB16.2, 30.7, 8.9
XYZ3.7, 2.1, 1.4
Decimal5246749
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
14.71:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.43:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
14.06:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.21:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #500F1D;
}
.text-color {
color: #500F1D;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #500F1D;
}