#3E0809#3E0809

#3E0809 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.083 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E0809
RGB	rgb(62, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(359, 77%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(359, 87%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.1%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.69, 25.77, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.69, 28.85, 26.71°)
OKLab	oklab(24% 0.0747 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(24% 0.083 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.1230, 1.2179, 0.3817)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E0809 #083E3D

analogous

#3E0824 #3E0809 #3E2208

triadic

#3E0809 #093E08 #08093E

tetradic

#3E0809 #243E08 #083E3D #22083E

square

#3E0809 #243E08 #083E3D #22083E

split-complementary

#3E0809 #083E22 #08243E

monochromatic

#1B0304 #1B0304 #3E0809 #740F11 #AA1619

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.89

#3E0809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#3E0809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E0809

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E0809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E0809	1.00	16.89	1.24	16.89
#FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262107

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#450009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e0809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.083 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#784d4a',
    500: '#3e0809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e0809;
$custom-light: #784d4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e0809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.889,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24004,
    "c": 0.0825,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E0809

secondary

#257D7B

accent

#F4F034

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E0809

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

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