#38140B#38140B

#38140B is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.060 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38140B
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 11)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.73, 17.17, 13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.73, 21.77, 37.93°)
OKLab	oklab(24.55% 0.0491 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(24.55% 0.06 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.9416, 1.3655, 0.4779)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38140B #0B2F38

analogous

#380B18 #38140B #382A0B

triadic

#38140B #0B3814 #140B38

tetradic

#38140B #18380B #0B2F38 #2A0B38

square

#38140B #18380B #0B2F38 #2A0B38

split-complementary

#38140B #0B382A #0B1838

monochromatic

#1A0905 #1A0905 #38140B #6B2615 #9E391F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.50

#38140B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#38140B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38140B

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38140B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38140B	1.00	16.50	1.27	16.50
#FFFFFF	16.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26220A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E0D12

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38140b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.060 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72534b',
    500: '#38140b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38140b;
$custom-light: #72534b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38140b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24551,
    "c": 0.06011,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38140B

secondary

#2A6675

accent

#C8EA3E

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#080201

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38140B

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

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