#38140D#38140D

#38140D is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.059 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38140D
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 13)
HSL	hsl(10, 62%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 76.8%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.76, 17.32, 12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.76, 21.37, 35.86°)
OKLab	oklab(24.59% 0.05 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(24.59% 0.059 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9539, 1.3704, 0.5423)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38140D #0D3138

analogous

#380D1B #38140D #38290D

triadic

#38140D #0D3814 #140D38

tetradic

#38140D #1B380D #0D3138 #290D38

square

#38140D #1B380D #0D3138 #290D38

split-complementary

#38140D #0D3829 #0D1B38

monochromatic

#190906 #190906 #38140D #6A2619 #9B3724

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#38140D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#38140D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38140D

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38140D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38140D	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26220C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E0D12

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38140d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.059 32.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #38140d;
$custom-light: #72534c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38140d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.767,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24587,
    "c": 0.05941,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38140D

secondary

#2D6873

accent

#CBE542

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#080201

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38140D

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

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