#040404#040404

#040404 is a very dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.001; OKLCH L 10.7% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040404
RGB	rgb(4, 4, 4)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 2%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 2%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 98.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.10, 0.00, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.10, 0.00, 338.20°)
OKLab	oklab(10.67% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(10.67% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(0.1154, 0.1214, 0.1322)
Luminance	0.0012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040404 #040404

analogous

#040404 #040404 #040404

triadic

#040404 #040404 #040404

tetradic

#040404 #040404 #040404 #040404

square

#040404 #040404 #040404 #040404

split-complementary

#040404 #040404 #040404

monochromatic

#0F0F0F #0F0F0F #0F0F0F #232323 #414141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.50

#040404 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.02

#040404 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040404

20.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040404	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040404	1.00	20.50	1.02	20.50
#FFFFFF	20.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#040404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#040404

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#040404

Achromatopsia (no color)

#040404

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040404;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 4, 4);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(10.7% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#484848',
    500: '#040404',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040404;
$custom-light: #484848;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040404",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 4
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 1.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.10668,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.00121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040404

secondary

#323232

accent

#A9A97E

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E6E6E6

border

#C2C2C2

text

#000000

muted

#777777

Preview Lab

Preview with #040404

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

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