#38050E#38050E

#38050E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.079 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38050E
RGB	rgb(56, 5, 14)
HSL	hsl(349, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(349, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 91.1%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.83, 25.35, 7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.83, 26.55, 17.33°)
OKLab	oklab(22.4% 0.0757 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(22.4% 0.079 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.7646, 0.9813, 0.5119)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38050E #05382F

analogous

#380528 #38050E #381605

triadic

#38050E #0E3805 #050E38

tetradic

#38050E #283805 #05382F #160538

square

#38050E #283805 #05382F #160538

split-complementary

#38050E #053816 #052838

monochromatic

#1C0307 #1C0307 #38050E #700A1C #A80F2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.56

#38050E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#38050E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38050E

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38050E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38050E	1.00	17.56	1.20	17.56
#FFFFFF	17.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13120E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211D0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E0008

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38050e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 5, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.079 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#734a4d',
    500: '#38050e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38050e;
$custom-light: #734a4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38050e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22403,
    "c": 0.0789,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38050E

secondary

#207969

accent

#FAD62E

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #38050E

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

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