#38282C#38282C

#38282C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.025 H 2.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38282C
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(345, 17%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(345, 29%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 21.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.10, 8.25, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.10, 8.26, 2.13°)
OKLab	oklab(29.71% 0.0248 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(29.71% 0.025 2.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.8443, 2.5403, 2.7229)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38282C #283834

analogous

#382834 #38282C #382C28

triadic

#38282C #2C3828 #282C38

tetradic

#38282C #343828 #283834 #2C2838

square

#38282C #343828 #283834 #2C2838

split-complementary

#38282C #28382C #283438

monochromatic

#120D0E #140F10 #38282C #5C4248 #7F5B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#38282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#38282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38282C

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38282C	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.025 2.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6265',
    500: '#38282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38282c;
$custom-light: #6f6265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29713,
    "c": 0.02482,
    "h": 2.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38282C

secondary

#536963

accent

#B9A76E

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#ECEAEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070505

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38282C

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

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