#38050B#38050B

#38050B is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.079 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38050B
RGB	rgb(56, 5, 11)
HSL	hsl(353, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(353, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 91.1%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.77, 25.15, 9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.77, 26.79, 20.13°)
OKLab	oklab(22.34% 0.0742 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(22.34% 0.079 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7458, 0.9737, 0.4126)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38050B #053832

analogous

#380525 #38050B #381905

triadic

#38050B #0B3805 #050B38

tetradic

#38050B #253805 #053832 #190538

square

#38050B #253805 #053832 #190538

split-complementary

#38050B #053819 #052538

monochromatic

#1C0306 #1C0306 #38050B #700A16 #A80F21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.58

#38050B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#38050B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38050B

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38050B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38050B	1.00	17.58	1.19	17.58
#FFFFFF	17.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14120B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211D09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F0007

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38050b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 5, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.079 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#734a4b',
    500: '#38050b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38050b;
$custom-light: #734a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38050b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22335,
    "c": 0.07895,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38050B

secondary

#20796F

accent

#FAE22E

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #38050B

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

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