#3C170B#3C170B

#3C170B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.062 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C170B
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 11)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 81.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.22, 17.21, 15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.22, 23.18, 42.06°)
OKLab	oklab(25.84% 0.0487 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(25.84% 0.062 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.2305, 1.5979, 0.5075)
Luminance	0.0160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C170B #0B303C

analogous

#3C0B18 #3C170B #3C300B

triadic

#3C170B #0B3C17 #170B3C

tetradic

#3C170B #183C0B #0B303C #300B3C

square

#3C170B #183C0B #0B303C #300B3C

split-complementary

#3C170B #0B3C30 #0B183C

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #1A0A05 #3C170B #702B14 #A33F1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.91

#3C170B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#3C170B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C170B

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C170B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C170B	1.00	15.91	1.32	15.91
#FFFFFF	15.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A250A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#430F14

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c170b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.062 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75554b',
    500: '#3c170b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c170b;
$custom-light: #75554b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c170b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25836,
    "c": 0.06215,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C170B

secondary

#2A6579

accent

#C1EC3C

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE8E7

border

#C8C4C3

text

#090301

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C170B

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

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