#38090C#38090C

#38090C is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.074 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38090C
RGB	rgb(56, 9, 12)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.9%, 78.6%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.50, 23.22, 9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.50, 25.21, 22.95°)
OKLab	oklab(22.89% 0.0683 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(22.89% 0.074 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7951, 1.0629, 0.4584)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38090C #093835

analogous

#380923 #38090C #381D09

triadic

#38090C #0C3809 #090C38

tetradic

#38090C #233809 #093835 #1D0938

square

#38090C #233809 #093835 #1D0938

split-complementary

#38090C #09381D #092338

monochromatic

#1A0406 #1A0406 #38090C #6D1117 #A11A23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.32

#38090C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#38090C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38090C

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38090C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38090C	1.00	17.32	1.21	17.32
#FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16140C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38090c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 9, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.074 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#734c4c',
    500: '#38090c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38090c;
$custom-light: #734c4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38090c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.17,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22887,
    "c": 0.07361,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38090C

secondary

#277671

accent

#EFE339

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #38090C

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

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