#40080C#40080C

#40080C is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.085 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40080C
RGB	rgb(64, 8, 12)
HSL	hsl(356, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(356, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.21, 26.66, 12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.21, 29.45, 25.12°)
OKLab	oklab(24.49% 0.078 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(24.49% 0.085 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.2678, 1.2906, 0.4774)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40080C #08403C

analogous

#400828 #40080C #402008

triadic

#40080C #0C4008 #080C40

tetradic

#40080C #284008 #08403C #200840

square

#40080C #284008 #08403C #200840

split-complementary

#40080C #084020 #082840

monochromatic

#1B0305 #1B0305 #40080C #760F16 #AD1620

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.69

#40080C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#40080C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40080C

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40080C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40080C	1.00	16.69	1.26	16.69
#FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19160C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27220A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47000A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40080c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 8, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.085 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a4d4c',
    500: '#40080c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40080c;
$custom-light: #7a4d4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40080c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24491,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40080C

secondary

#257E78

accent

#F4E734

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #40080C

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

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