#38090D#38090D

#38090D is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.074 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38090D
RGB	rgb(56, 9, 13)
HSL	hsl(355, 72%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(355, 84%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.9%, 76.8%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.53, 23.29, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.53, 25.11, 21.97°)
OKLab	oklab(22.91% 0.0688 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(22.91% 0.074 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8014, 1.0655, 0.4915)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38090D #093834

analogous

#380924 #38090D #381D09

triadic

#38090D #0D3809 #090D38

tetradic

#38090D #243809 #093834 #1D0938

square

#38090D #243809 #093834 #1D0938

split-complementary

#38090D #09381D #092438

monochromatic

#1A0406 #1A0406 #38090D #6D1119 #A11A25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.31

#38090D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#38090D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38090D

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38090D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38090D	1.00	17.31	1.21	17.31
#FFFFFF	17.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16140D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38090d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 9, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.074 20.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38090d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.894,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22908,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38090D

secondary

#27766F

accent

#EFE039

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #38090D

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

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