#3E171A#3E171A

#3E171A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.061 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E171A
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 58.1%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.90, 19.43, 7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.90, 20.77, 20.65°)
OKLab	oklab(26.52% 0.0584 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(26.52% 0.061 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.4796, 1.7118, 1.1769)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E171A #173E3B

analogous

#3E172E #3E171A #3E2817

triadic

#3E171A #1A3E17 #171A3E

tetradic

#3E171A #2E3E17 #173E3B #28173E

square

#3E171A #2E3E17 #173E3B #28173E

split-complementary

#3E171A #173E28 #172E3E

monochromatic

#160809 #160809 #3E171A #6B282D #97383F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.64

#3E171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#3E171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E171A

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E171A	1.00	15.64	1.34	15.64
#FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#441118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.061 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765556',
    500: '#3e171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e171a;
$custom-light: #765556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26522,
    "c": 0.06123,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E171A

secondary

#3C7570

accent

#D6CB52

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#090303

muted

#7B7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E171A

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

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