#40070E#40070E

#40070E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.085 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40070E
RGB	rgb(64, 7, 14)
HSL	hsl(353, 80%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(353, 89%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 89.1%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.09, 27.21, 11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.09, 29.49, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(24.42% 0.0803 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(24.42% 0.085 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.2699, 1.2740, 0.5418)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40070E #074039

analogous

#40072B #40070E #401D07

triadic

#40070E #0E4007 #070E40

tetradic

#40070E #2B4007 #074039 #1D0740

square

#40070E #2B4007 #074039 #1D0740

split-complementary

#40070E #07401D #072B40

monochromatic

#1C0306 #1C0306 #40070E #770D1A #AE1326

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.74

#40070E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#40070E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40070E

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40070E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40070E	1.00	16.74	1.25	16.74
#FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18160E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26220C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47000A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40070e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 7, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.085 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a4d4d',
    500: '#40070e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40070e;
$custom-light: #7a4d4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40070e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.632,
    "s": 80.282,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24416,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40070E

secondary

#247F74

accent

#F7DE31

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #40070E

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

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