#38090E#38090E

#38090E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.073 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38090E
RGB	rgb(56, 9, 14)
HSL	hsl(354, 72%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(354, 84%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.9%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.55, 23.36, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.55, 25.01, 20.92°)
OKLab	oklab(22.93% 0.0693 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(22.93% 0.073 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8080, 1.0681, 0.5263)
Luminance	0.0107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38090E #093833

analogous

#380925 #38090E #381B09

triadic

#38090E #0E3809 #090E38

tetradic

#38090E #253809 #093833 #1B0938

square

#38090E #253809 #093833 #1B0938

split-complementary

#38090E #09381B #092538

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1A0407 #38090E #6D111B #A11A28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.30

#38090E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#38090E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38090E

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38090E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38090E	1.00	17.30	1.21	17.30
#FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16140E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38090e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 9, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.073 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#734c4d',
    500: '#38090e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38090e;
$custom-light: #734c4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38090e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.617,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22931,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38090E

secondary

#27766E

accent

#EFDC39

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#080101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #38090E

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

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