#38282A#38282A

#38282A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.024 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38282A
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(353, 17%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(353, 29%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 25%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.03, 7.86, 1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.03, 8.03, 11.58°)
OKLab	oklab(29.64% 0.0238 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(29.64% 0.024 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.8076, 2.5256, 2.5296)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38282A #283836

analogous

#382832 #38282A #382E28

triadic

#38282A #2A3828 #282A38

tetradic

#38282A #323828 #283836 #2E2838

square

#38282A #323828 #283836 #2E2838

split-complementary

#38282A #28382E #283238

monochromatic

#120D0D #140F0F #38282A #5C4245 #7F5B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#38282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#38282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38282A

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38282A	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.024 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6263',
    500: '#38282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38282a;
$custom-light: #6f6263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2964,
    "c": 0.02423,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38282A

secondary

#536966

accent

#B9B06E

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECEAEA

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070505

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #38282A

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

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