#38201A#38201A

#38201A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.039 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38201A
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 26)
HSL	hsl(12, 37%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 53.6%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.22, 10.78, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.22, 14.01, 39.66°)
OKLab	oklab(27.32% 0.0322 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(27.32% 0.039 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.3340, 1.9486, 1.2303)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38201A #1A3238

analogous

#381A23 #38201A #382F1A

triadic

#38201A #1A3820 #201A38

tetradic

#38201A #23381A #1A3238 #2F1A38

square

#38201A #23381A #1A3238 #2F1A38

split-complementary

#38201A #1A382F #1A2338

monochromatic

#150C0A #150C0A #38201A #62382D #8C5041

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.11

#38201A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#38201A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38201A

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38201A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38201A	1.00	15.11	1.39	15.11
#FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B281A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D1C1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38201a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.039 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705b56',
    500: '#38201a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38201a;
$custom-light: #705b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38201a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27316,
    "c": 0.03921,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38201A

secondary

#41646D

accent

#B6CD5B

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECE9E9

border

#C7C5C5

text

#080403

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #38201A

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

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