#38121B#38121B

#38121B is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.061 H 8.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38121B
RGB	rgb(56, 18, 27)
HSL	hsl(346, 51%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 51.8%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.64, 19.94, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.64, 20.20, 9.31°)
OKLab	oklab(24.61% 0.0606 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(24.61% 0.061 8.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.0452, 1.3527, 1.1901)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38121B #12382F

analogous

#38122E #38121B #381C12

triadic

#38121B #1B3812 #121B38

tetradic

#38121B #2E3812 #12382F #1C1238

square

#38121B #2E3812 #12382F #1C1238

split-complementary

#38121B #12381C #122E38

monochromatic

#17070B #17070B #38121B #662131 #953048

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.53

#38121B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#38121B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38121B

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38121B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38121B	1.00	16.53	1.27	16.53
#FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24221A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D0D15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38121b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 18, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.061 8.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715257',
    500: '#38121b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38121b;
$custom-light: #715257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38121b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.789,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24607,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 8.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38121B

secondary

#357163

accent

#DBB94D

background

#F7F4F5

surface

#EDE7E9

border

#C8C3C5

text

#080203

muted

#7B7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #38121B

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

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