#400808#400808

#400808 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.085 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400808
RGB	rgb(64, 8, 8)
HSL	hsl(0, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(0, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 87.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.15, 26.46, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.15, 29.97, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(24.42% 0.0763 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(24.42% 0.085 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.2453, 1.2815, 0.3588)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400808 #084040

analogous

#400824 #400808 #402408

triadic

#400808 #084008 #080840

tetradic

#400808 #244008 #084040 #240840

square

#400808 #244008 #084040 #240840

split-complementary

#400808 #084024 #082440

monochromatic

#1B0303 #1B0303 #400808 #760F0F #AD1616

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.72

#400808 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#400808 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400808

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400808	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400808	1.00	16.72	1.26	16.72
#FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272206

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400808;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 8, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.085 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a4d4a',
    500: '#400808',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400808;
$custom-light: #7a4d4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400808",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24424,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400808

secondary

#257E7E

accent

#F4F434

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #400808

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

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