#3E0C09#3E0C09

#3E0C09 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.078 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E0C09
RGB	rgb(62, 12, 9)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(3, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.32, 24.01, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.32, 27.72, 29.98°)
OKLab	oklab(24.48% 0.0691 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(24.48% 0.078 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1676, 1.3071, 0.3966)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E0C09 #093B3E

analogous

#3E0921 #3E0C09 #3E2709

triadic

#3E0C09 #093E0C #0C093E

tetradic

#3E0C09 #213E09 #093B3E #27093E

square

#3E0C09 #213E09 #093B3E #27093E

split-complementary

#3E0C09 #093E27 #09213E

monochromatic

#1B0504 #1B0504 #3E0C09 #731611 #A92119

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.65

#3E0C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#3E0C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E0C09

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E0C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E0C09	1.00	16.65	1.26	16.65
#FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272207

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e0c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 12, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.078 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#784f4a',
    500: '#3e0c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e0c09;
$custom-light: #784f4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e0c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24479,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E0C09

secondary

#27777C

accent

#E7F137

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E0C09

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

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