Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind pink-950 #500724

Tailwind CSS v3's pink-950 is #500724. It is a very dark soft wine in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.284, chroma 0.105 and hue 3.9°. The nearest CSS named color is maroon (#800000), ΔE2000 19.5 away.

Relative luminance: 0.0198
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.284 · 0.105 · 3.9
Best text: White 15.03:1
Hue family: Pink

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#500724 color codes

HEX: #500724
RGB: rgb(80, 7, 36)
HSL: hsl(336, 84%, 17%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.284 0.105 3.9)
OKLab: oklab(0.284 0.105 0.007)
CIELAB (D65): L* 15.41, a* 34.11, b* 2.67
XYZ (D65): X 3.70, Y 1.99, Z 1.86
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 91%, 55%, 69%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #500724 accessible?

White text on it reaches 15.03:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 1.39:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

1.39:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.39:1
White text on it

15.03:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −103
As text on black

1.39:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.39:1
As text on white

15.03:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +100

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#500724 15.03:1

It already reaches 15.03:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#AB5D72 4.54:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.28 to 0.57 reaches 4.54:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #500724 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #500724

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #500724 sits at step 900.

50#FFF1F4

White
1.09
Black
19.14
100#FFE3E9

White
1.20
Black
17.41
200#FFC6D2

White
1.47
Black
14.26
300#F4A3B6

White
1.95
Black
10.76
400#D8869A

White
2.69
Black
7.79
500#BA6A7F

White
3.84
Black
5.45
600#A05368

White
5.34
Black
3.93
700#853D51

White
7.54
Black
2.78
800#67263A

White
10.96
Black
1.91
900This color#500724

White
15.03
Black
1.39
950#300012

White
18.51
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 pink scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

50#FDF2F8
White
1.09
Black
19.23
100#FCE7F3
White
1.17
Black
17.86
200#FBCFE8
White
1.38
Black
15.19
300#F9A8D4
White
1.81
Black
11.57
400#F472B6
White
2.64
Black
7.92
500#EC4899
White
3.52
Black
5.95
600#DB2777
White
4.59
Black
4.56
700#BE185D
White
6.03
Black
3.47
800#9D174D
White
7.88
Black
2.66
900#831843
White
9.64
Black
2.17
950This color#500724

White
15.03
Black
1.39

Gamut

How vivid #500724 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.115; #500724 uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.130 there: 13% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.105
sRGB edge: 0.115
Display P3 edge: 0.130
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.152
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 496 nm
Excitation purity: 57%
Chromaticity: x 0.4908, y 0.2631

This color#500724
Most vivid in sRGB#530023
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.284 0.130 3.9)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #500724;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.3097 0 0.1353); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #500724

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#A88392
OKLab50%#A98089
OKLCH50%#A98089

Black #000000

sRGB50%#280412
OKLab50%#1A0107
OKLCH50%#1A0107

Its complement #00322D

sRGB50%#281D29
OKLab50%#362429
OKLCH50%#1F2550

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #500724, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #500724 50%, white);

In use

#500724 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:115.03:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.03:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:115.03:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.03:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:115.03:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.24:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.24:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.24:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B5657A 4.55:1

Color vision

How #500724 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.4; tritanopia changes it least, 7.7.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#1B1D25 ΔE2000 22.8

Distinct

Reads as near-black
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#2E2C22 ΔE2000 27.4

Distinct

Reads as near-black
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#580014 ΔE2000 7.7

Noticeable

Reads as very dark soft brown
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#272727 ΔE2000 22.8

Distinct

Reads as near-black

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00322D. Their lightness contrast is only 1.06:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#500724 · #00322D	43.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#1B1D25 · #2F2E2D	8.1	Harder to tell apart
Deuteranopia	#2E2C22 · #282A2E	9.1	Harder to tell apart
Tritanopia	#580014 · #003330	42.0	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#272727 · #2C2C2C	1.6	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #500724

Its complement is #00322D, a very dark muted teal, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#500724
Complement#00322D

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#460E3F
Base#500724
+30°#510C00

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#500724
+120°#232F00
+240°#002D4A

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#500724
+150°#003418
+210°#003039

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-pink-950: #500724;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as pink-950;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        pink: { 950: '#500724' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own pink-950; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-pink-950: oklch(0.284 0.105 3.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "pink-950": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.3137, 0.0275, 0.1412],
        "hex": "#500724"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 pink-950"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let pink950 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.314, green: 0.027, blue: 0.141, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Pink950 = Color(0xFF500724)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #500724 in the tools

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Tailwind pink-950 #500724

#500724 color codes

Contrast: is #500724 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #500724 live

Shades and tints of #500724

Tailwind CSS v3 pink scale

How vivid #500724 can get

Mixing #500724

#500724 in an interface

How #500724 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #500724

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #500724 in the tools