#040E12#040E12

#040E12 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 15.5% C 0.019 H 222.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040E12
RGB	rgb(4, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 4%)
HSV	hsv(197, 78%, 7%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 92.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.46, -1.98, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.46, 3.62, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(15.51% -0.0138 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(15.51% 0.019 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.3162, 0.3835, 0.6295)
Luminance	0.0038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040E12 #120804

analogous

#04120F #040E12 #040712

triadic

#040E12 #12040E #0E1204

tetradic

#040E12 #0F0412 #120804 #071204

square

#040E12 #0F0412 #120804 #071204

split-complementary

#040E12 #120407 #120F04

monochromatic

#061319 #061319 #061319 #0F3544 #1A5C76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.50

#040E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#040E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040E12

19.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040E12	1.00	19.50	1.08	19.50
#FFFFFF	19.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C0D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#090C12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#000F0F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.5% 0.019 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#484d50',
    500: '#040e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040e12;
$custom-light: #484d50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 4.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15508,
    "c": 0.0188,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040E12

secondary

#522E20

accent

#7041E7

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E6E7E7

border

#C2C3C3

text

#000102

muted

#777778

Preview Lab

Preview with #040E12

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

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