#40070C#40070C

#40070C is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.086 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40070C
RGB	rgb(64, 7, 12)
HSL	hsl(355, 80%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(355, 89%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 89.1%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.06, 27.10, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.06, 29.75, 24.39°)
OKLab	oklab(24.38% 0.0794 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(24.38% 0.086 22)
XYZ	xyz(2.2570, 1.2688, 0.4738)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40070C #07403B

analogous

#400729 #40070C #401F07

triadic

#40070C #0C4007 #070C40

tetradic

#40070C #294007 #07403B #1F0740

square

#40070C #294007 #07403B #1F0740

split-complementary

#40070C #07401F #072940

monochromatic

#1C0305 #1C0305 #40070C #770D16 #AE1321

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.75

#40070C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#40070C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40070C

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40070C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40070C	1.00	16.75	1.25	16.75
#FFFFFF	16.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18160C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26220A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40070c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 7, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.086 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a4d4c',
    500: '#40070c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40070c;
$custom-light: #7a4d4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40070c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.737,
    "s": 80.282,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24377,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.01268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40070C

secondary

#247F77

accent

#F7E531

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #40070C

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

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