#3C242A#3C242A

#3C242A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.038 H 3.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C242A
RGB	rgb(60, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(345, 25%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(345, 40%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 30%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.41, 12.44, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.41, 12.46, 3.59°)
OKLab	oklab(29.28% 0.0376 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(29.28% 0.038 3.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9123, 2.3898, 2.4979)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C242A #243C36

analogous

#3C2436 #3C242A #3C2A24

triadic

#3C242A #2A3C24 #242A3C

tetradic

#3C242A #363C24 #243C36 #2A243C

square

#3C242A #363C24 #243C36 #2A243C

split-complementary

#3C242A #243C2A #24363C

monochromatic

#130B0D #160D0F #3C242A #623B45 #895260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#3C242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#3C242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C242A

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C242A	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27282A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#402226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.038 3.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725f63',
    500: '#3c242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c242a;
$custom-light: #725f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29284,
    "c": 0.03765,
    "h": 3.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C242A

secondary

#4D6E66

accent

#C1AB66

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9EA

border

#C8C5C6

text

#080405

muted

#7B7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C242A

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

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