#3C0A09#3C0A09

#3C0A09 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.078 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C0A09
RGB	rgb(60, 10, 9)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(1, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 85%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.54, 24.13, 12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.54, 27.27, 27.75°)
OKLab	oklab(23.81% 0.0698 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(23.81% 0.078 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.0216, 1.1978, 0.3831)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C0A09 #093B3C

analogous

#3C0921 #3C0A09 #3C2309

triadic

#3C0A09 #093C0A #0A093C

tetradic

#3C0A09 #213C09 #093B3C #23093C

square

#3C0A09 #213C09 #093B3C #23093C

split-complementary

#3C0A09 #093C23 #09213C

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #3C0A09 #711311 #A61C19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.94

#3C0A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#3C0A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C0A09

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C0A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C0A09	1.00	16.94	1.24	16.94
#FFFFFF	16.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252107

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43000A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c0a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 10, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.078 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#764d4a',
    500: '#3c0a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c0a09;
$custom-light: #764d4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c0a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2381,
    "c": 0.07787,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C0A09

secondary

#27787A

accent

#EDF137

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#090101

muted

#7B7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C0A09

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

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