#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
RGBrgb(56, 9, 12)
HSLhsl(356, 72%, 13%)
HSVhsv(356, 84%, 22%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 83.9%, 78.6%, 78%)
CIE-LABlab(9.50, 23.22, 9.83)
CIE-LCHlch(9.50, 25.21, 22.95°)
OKLaboklab(22.89% 0.0683 0.0274)
OKLCHoklch(22.89% 0.074 21.9)
XYZxyz(1.7951, 1.0629, 0.4584)
Luminance0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##38090C1.0017.321.2117.32
#FFFFFF17.321.0021.001.00
#0000001.2121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF17.321.0021.001.00

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

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#38090C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva