#38181C#38181C

#38181C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.051 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38181C
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 28)
HSL	hsl(353, 40%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(353, 57%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 50%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.10, 16.37, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.10, 17.00, 15.65°)
OKLab	oklab(25.72% 0.0495 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(25.72% 0.051 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.1673, 1.5781, 1.2888)
Luminance	0.0158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38181C #183834

analogous

#38182C #38181C #382418

triadic

#38181C #1C3818 #181C38

tetradic

#38181C #2C3818 #183834 #241838

square

#38181C #2C3818 #183834 #241838

split-complementary

#38181C #183824 #182C38

monochromatic

#15090B #15090B #38181C #632A31 #8E3D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.96

#38181C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#38181C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38181C

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38181C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38181C	1.00	15.96	1.32	15.96
#FFFFFF	15.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26241B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D141A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38181c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.051 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705657',
    500: '#38181c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38181c;
$custom-light: #705657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38181c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25715,
    "c": 0.05094,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38181C

secondary

#3E6E68

accent

#D0C158

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECE9E9

border

#C7C5C5

text

#080303

muted

#7B7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #38181C

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

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