#40050E#40050E

#40050E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.088 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40050E
RGB	rgb(64, 5, 14)
HSL	hsl(351, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(351, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 92.2%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.78, 28.09, 10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.78, 30.15, 21.29°)
OKLab	oklab(24.19% 0.0831 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(24.19% 0.088 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.2481, 1.2306, 0.5345)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40050E #054037

analogous

#40052B #40050E #401905

triadic

#40050E #0E4005 #050E40

tetradic

#40050E #2B4005 #054037 #190540

square

#40050E #2B4005 #054037 #190540

split-complementary

#40050E #054019 #052B40

monochromatic

#1C0206 #1C0206 #40050E #79091A #B20E27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#40050E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#40050E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40050E

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40050E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40050E	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17150E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26210C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40050e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 5, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.088 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a4c4d',
    500: '#40050e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40050e;
$custom-light: #7a4c4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40050e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.847,
    "s": 85.507,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24186,
    "c": 0.08785,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40050E

secondary

#208172

accent

#FCDC2C

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #40050E

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

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