#400809#400809

#400809 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.085 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400809
RGB	rgb(64, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(359, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(359, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 85.9%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.16, 26.51, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.16, 29.84, 27.33°)
OKLab	oklab(24.44% 0.0767 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(24.44% 0.085 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.2508, 1.2837, 0.3877)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400809 #08403F

analogous

#400825 #400809 #402308

triadic

#400809 #094008 #080940

tetradic

#400809 #254008 #08403F #230840

square

#400809 #254008 #08403F #230840

split-complementary

#400809 #084023 #082540

monochromatic

#1B0304 #1B0304 #400809 #760F11 #AD1618

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.71

#400809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#400809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400809

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400809	1.00	16.71	1.26	16.71
#FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272207

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.085 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a4d4a',
    500: '#400809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400809;
$custom-light: #7a4d4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.929,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2444,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400809

secondary

#257E7D

accent

#F4F134

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #400809

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

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