#040608#040608

#040608 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 12.0% C 0.008 H 243.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040608
RGB	rgb(4, 6, 8)
HSL	hsl(210, 33%, 2%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 3%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 25%, 0%, 96.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.57, -0.25, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.57, 0.97, 255.36°)
OKLab	oklab(11.99% -0.0035 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(11.99% 0.008 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.1590, 0.1736, 0.2548)
Luminance	0.0017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040608 #080604

analogous

#040808 #040608 #040408

triadic

#040608 #080406 #060804

tetradic

#040608 #080408 #080604 #040804

square

#040608 #080408 #080604 #040804

split-complementary

#040608 #080404 #080804

monochromatic

#0A0F14 #0A0F14 #0A0F14 #182531 #2D435A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.29

#040608 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.03

#040608 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040608

20.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040608	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040608	1.00	20.29	1.03	20.29
#FFFFFF	20.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#050608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#050608

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#030607

Achromatopsia (no color)

#060606

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040608;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 6, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(12.0% 0.008 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#48494a',
    500: '#040608',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040608;
$custom-light: #48494a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040608",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 2.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.11988,
    "c": 0.0077,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040608

secondary

#403428

accent

#945EC9

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E6E6E7

border

#C2C2C3

text

#000001

muted

#777777

Preview Lab

Preview with #040608

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

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