#38050C#38050C

#38050C is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.079 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38050C
RGB	rgb(56, 5, 12)
HSL	hsl(352, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(352, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 91.1%, 78.6%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.79, 25.22, 8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.79, 26.71, 19.25°)
OKLab	oklab(22.36% 0.0747 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(22.36% 0.079 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7517, 0.9761, 0.4439)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38050C #053831

analogous

#380526 #38050C #381805

triadic

#38050C #0C3805 #050C38

tetradic

#38050C #263805 #053831 #180538

square

#38050C #263805 #053831 #180538

split-complementary

#38050C #053818 #052638

monochromatic

#1C0306 #1C0306 #38050C #700A18 #A80F24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.57

#38050C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#38050C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38050C

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38050C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38050C	1.00	17.57	1.20	17.57
#FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14120C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E0008

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38050c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 5, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.079 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#734a4c',
    500: '#38050c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38050c;
$custom-light: #734a4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38050c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22356,
    "c": 0.07891,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38050C

secondary

#20796D

accent

#FADE2E

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #38050C

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

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