#400A12#400A12

#400A12 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.082 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400A12
RGB	rgb(64, 10, 18)
HSL	hsl(351, 73%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(351, 84%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.4%, 71.9%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.63, 26.21, 9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.63, 28.01, 20.68°)
OKLab	oklab(24.84% 0.0781 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(24.84% 0.082 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.3323, 1.3511, 0.7101)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400A12 #0A4038

analogous

#400A2D #400A12 #401D0A

triadic

#400A12 #12400A #0A1240

tetradic

#400A12 #2D400A #0A4038 #1D0A40

square

#400A12 #2D400A #0A4038 #1D0A40

split-complementary

#400A12 #0A401D #0A2D40

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1A0407 #400A12 #751221 #AA1B30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.53

#400A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#400A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400A12

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400A12	1.00	16.53	1.27	16.53
#FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 10, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.082 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#794e4f',
    500: '#400a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400a12;
$custom-light: #794e4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2484,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400A12

secondary

#297D71

accent

#F0D438

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #400A12

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

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