#3E231B#3E231B

#3E231B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.044 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E231B
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(14, 39%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(14, 56%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 56.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 11.85, 10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 16.04, 42.36°)
OKLab	oklab(28.91% 0.0351 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(28.91% 0.044 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.7856, 2.3056, 1.3350)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E231B #1B363E

analogous

#3E1B25 #3E231B #3E341B

triadic

#3E231B #1B3E23 #231B3E

tetradic

#3E231B #253E1B #1B363E #341B3E

square

#3E231B #253E1B #1B363E #341B3E

split-complementary

#3E231B #1B3E34 #1B253E

monochromatic

#150C09 #150C09 #3E231B #693B2E #935340

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#3E231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3E231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E231B

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E231B	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A261A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#441F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.044 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755e57',
    500: '#3e231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e231b;
$custom-light: #755e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 39.326,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28908,
    "c": 0.04412,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E231B

secondary

#426873

accent

#B4CF59

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#080403

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E231B

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

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