#3C0C09#3C0C09

#3C0C09 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.076 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C0C09
RGB	rgb(60, 12, 9)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(4, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 85%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.88, 23.21, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.88, 26.68, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(24.06% 0.0669 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(24.06% 0.076 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0445, 1.2436, 0.3908)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C0C09 #09393C

analogous

#3C091F #3C0C09 #3C2509

triadic

#3C0C09 #093C0C #0C093C

tetradic

#3C0C09 #1F3C09 #09393C #25093C

square

#3C0C09 #1F3C09 #09393C #25093C

split-complementary

#3C0C09 #093C25 #091F3C

monochromatic

#1B0504 #1B0504 #3C0C09 #711711 #A62119

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.82

#3C0C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#3C0C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C0C09

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C0C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C0C09	1.00	16.82	1.25	16.82
#FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262107

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43010C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c0c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 12, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.076 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#764e4a',
    500: '#3c0c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c0c09;
$custom-light: #764e4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c0c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2406,
    "c": 0.07567,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C0C09

secondary

#27757A

accent

#E6F137

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#090201

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C0C09

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

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