#3B0809#3B0809

#3B0809 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.079 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B0809
RGB	rgb(59, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(359, 76%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(359, 86%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.4%, 84.7%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.98, 24.66, 11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.98, 27.37, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(23.35% 0.0716 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(23.35% 0.079 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9400, 1.1235, 0.3731)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B0809 #083B3A

analogous

#3B0822 #3B0809 #3B2008

triadic

#3B0809 #093B08 #08093B

tetradic

#3B0809 #223B08 #083B3A #20083B

square

#3B0809 #223B08 #083B3A #20083B

split-complementary

#3B0809 #083B20 #08223B

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #3B0809 #710F11 #A71719

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.15

#3B0809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#3B0809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B0809

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B0809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B0809	1.00	17.15	1.22	17.15
#FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#420009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b0809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.079 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#764c4a',
    500: '#3b0809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b0809;
$custom-light: #764c4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b0809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2335,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B0809

secondary

#257A78

accent

#F3EF35

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B0809

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

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