#40090E#40090E

#40090E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.083 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40090E
RGB	rgb(64, 9, 14)
HSL	hsl(355, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(355, 86%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.40, 26.36, 11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.40, 28.88, 24.11°)
OKLab	oklab(24.64% 0.0776 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(24.64% 0.083 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.2916, 1.3174, 0.5490)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40090E #09403B

analogous

#40092A #40090E #402009

triadic

#40090E #0E4009 #090E40

tetradic

#40090E #2A4009 #09403B #200940

square

#40090E #2A4009 #09403B #200940

split-complementary

#40090E #094020 #092A40

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1B0406 #40090E #76111A #AB1825

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.62

#40090E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#40090E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40090E

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40090E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40090E	1.00	16.62	1.26	16.62
#FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19170E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27230C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40090e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 9, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.083 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a4e4d',
    500: '#40090e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40090e;
$custom-light: #7a4e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40090e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24642,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40090E

secondary

#277E76

accent

#F2E136

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #40090E

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

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