#3C0509#3C0509

#3C0509 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.084 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C0509
RGB	rgb(60, 5, 9)
HSL	hsl(356, 85%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(356, 92%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 91.7%, 85%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.71, 26.45, 11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.71, 28.85, 23.55°)
OKLab	oklab(23.2% 0.0771 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(23.2% 0.084 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9673, 1.0892, 0.3651)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C0509 #053C38

analogous

#3C0525 #3C0509 #3C1C05

triadic

#3C0509 #093C05 #05093C

tetradic

#3C0509 #253C05 #053C38 #1C053C

square

#3C0509 #253C05 #053C38 #1C053C

split-complementary

#3C0509 #053C1C #05253C

monochromatic

#1C0204 #1C0204 #3C0509 #740A11 #AD0E1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.24

#3C0509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#3C0509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C0509

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C0509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C0509	1.00	17.24	1.22	17.24
#FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#430007

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c0509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 5, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.084 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#774b4a',
    500: '#3c0509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c0509;
$custom-light: #774b4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c0509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.636,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23195,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C0509

secondary

#207D76

accent

#FBEC2D

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C0509

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

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