#38080E#38080E

#38080E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.075 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38080E
RGB	rgb(56, 8, 14)
HSL	hsl(353, 75%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(353, 86%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.7%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.37, 23.84, 8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.37, 25.37, 20.01°)
OKLab	oklab(22.8% 0.0708 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(22.8% 0.075 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7972, 1.0464, 0.5227)
Luminance	0.0105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38080E #083832

analogous

#380826 #38080E #381A08

triadic

#38080E #0E3808 #080E38

tetradic

#38080E #263808 #083832 #1A0838

square

#38080E #263808 #083832 #1A0838

split-complementary

#38080E #08381A #082638

monochromatic

#1B0407 #1B0407 #38080E #6E101B #A31729

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.37

#38080E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#38080E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38080E

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38080E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38080E	1.00	17.37	1.21	17.37
#FFFFFF	17.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15140E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38080e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 8, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.075 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#734c4d',
    500: '#38080e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38080e;
$custom-light: #734c4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38080e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22801,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38080E

secondary

#25776D

accent

#F2DA36

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #38080E

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

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