#38242E#38242E

#38242E is a dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.034 H 348.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38242E
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(330, 22%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(330, 36%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 17.9%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.99, 11.40, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.99, 11.72, 346.51°)
OKLab	oklab(28.88% 0.0337 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(28.88% 0.034 348.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.7549, 2.2999, 2.8831)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38242E #24382E

analogous

#382438 #38242E #382424

triadic

#38242E #2E3824 #242E38

tetradic

#38242E #383824 #24382E #242438

square

#38242E #383824 #24382E #242438

split-complementary

#38242E #243824 #243838

monochromatic

#130C0F #130C0F #38242E #5D3C4D #83546B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#38242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#38242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38242E

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38242E	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26282E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.034 348.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5f66',
    500: '#38242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38242e;
$custom-light: #6f5f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28881,
    "c": 0.03444,
    "h": 348.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38242E

secondary

#4E6A5C

accent

#BE946A

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECE9EB

border

#C7C5C6

text

#070406

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38242E

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

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