#38150B#38150B

#38150B is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.059 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38150B
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 11)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.97, 16.55, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.97, 21.49, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(24.74% 0.0472 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(24.74% 0.059 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9596, 1.4015, 0.4839)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38150B #0B2E38

analogous

#380B17 #38150B #382B0B

triadic

#38150B #0B3815 #150B38

tetradic

#38150B #17380B #0B2E38 #2B0B38

square

#38150B #17380B #0B2E38 #2B0B38

split-complementary

#38150B #0B382B #0B1738

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #1A0A05 #38150B #6B2815 #9E3B1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.40

#38150B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#38150B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38150B

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38150B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38150B	1.00	16.40	1.28	16.40
#FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27220A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E0E13

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38150b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.059 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72534b',
    500: '#38150b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38150b;
$custom-light: #72534b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38150b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24735,
    "c": 0.05892,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38150B

secondary

#2A6475

accent

#C4EA3E

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#080201

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38150B

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

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