#38160B#38160B

#38160B is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.058 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38160B
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 11)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.21, 15.92, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.21, 21.24, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(24.92% 0.0453 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(24.92% 0.058 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9784, 1.4390, 0.4901)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38160B #0B2D38

analogous

#380B16 #38160B #382C0B

triadic

#38160B #0B3816 #160B38

tetradic

#38160B #16380B #0B2D38 #2C0B38

square

#38160B #16380B #0B2D38 #2C0B38

split-complementary

#38160B #0B382C #0B1638

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #1A0A05 #38160B #6B2A15 #9E3E1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#38160B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#38160B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38160B

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38160B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38160B	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27230A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E0F13

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38160b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.058 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72544b',
    500: '#38160b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38160b;
$custom-light: #72544b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38160b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24923,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38160B

secondary

#2A6275

accent

#C0EA3E

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#080201

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38160B

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

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