#38140E#38140E

#38140E is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.059 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38140E
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 14)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.78, 17.40, 12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.78, 21.16, 34.71°)
OKLab	oklab(24.61% 0.0505 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(24.61% 0.059 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9605, 1.3730, 0.5772)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38140E #0E3238

analogous

#380E1D #38140E #38290E

triadic

#38140E #0E3814 #140E38

tetradic

#38140E #1D380E #0E3238 #290E38

square

#38140E #1D380E #0E3238 #290E38

split-complementary

#38140E #0E3829 #0E1D38

monochromatic

#180906 #180906 #38140E #69251A #9A3726

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#38140E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#38140E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38140E

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38140E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38140E	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)

#1D1A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26220D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E0D13

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38140e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.059 31.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38140e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24606,
    "c": 0.05909,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38140E

secondary

#2F6973

accent

#CDE345

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#080201

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38140E

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

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