#38201E#38201E

#38201E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.038 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38201E
RGB	rgb(56, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 30%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(5, 46%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 46.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.32, 11.33, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.32, 12.93, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(27.43% 0.0342 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(27.43% 0.038 25)
XYZ	xyz(2.3818, 1.9677, 1.4824)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38201E #1E3638

analogous

#381E29 #38201E #382D1E

triadic

#38201E #1E3820 #201E38

tetradic

#38201E #29381E #1E3638 #2D1E38

square

#38201E #29381E #1E3638 #2D1E38

split-complementary

#38201E #1E382D #1E2938

monochromatic

#140B0B #140B0B #38201E #603733 #884E49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.07

#38201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#38201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38201E

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38201E	1.00	15.07	1.39	15.07
#FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B281E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D1D20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.038 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705b59',
    500: '#38201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38201e;
$custom-light: #705b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27428,
    "c": 0.03776,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.01968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38201E

secondary

#46696C

accent

#BFC661

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECE9E9

border

#C7C5C5

text

#070403

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #38201E

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

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