#38170E#38170E

#38170E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.055 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38170E
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.52, 15.51, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.52, 20.27, 40.09°)
OKLab	oklab(25.17% 0.0447 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(25.17% 0.055 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.0167, 1.4855, 0.5959)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38170E #0E2F38

analogous

#380E1A #38170E #382C0E

triadic

#38170E #0E3817 #170E38

tetradic

#38170E #1A380E #0E2F38 #2C0E38

square

#38170E #1A380E #0E2F38 #2C0E38

split-complementary

#38170E #0E382C #0E1A38

monochromatic

#180A06 #180A06 #38170E #692B1A #9A3F26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.19

#38170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#38170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38170E

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38170E	1.00	16.19	1.30	16.19
#FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28230D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1115

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.055 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72554d',
    500: '#38170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38170e;
$custom-light: #72554d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25168,
    "c": 0.05534,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38170E

secondary

#2F6473

accent

#C1E345

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE8E7

border

#C8C4C3

text

#080301

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38170E

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

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