#400C12#400C12

#400C12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.080 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400C12
RGB	rgb(64, 12, 18)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 71.9%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.94, 25.35, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.94, 27.37, 22.14°)
OKLab	oklab(25.07% 0.0754 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(25.07% 0.08 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.3552, 1.3969, 0.7178)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400C12 #0C403A

analogous

#400C2C #400C12 #40200C

triadic

#400C12 #12400C #0C1240

tetradic

#400C12 #2C400C #0C403A #200C40

square

#400C12 #2C400C #0C403A #200C40

split-complementary

#400C12 #0C4020 #0C2C40

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1A0507 #400C12 #741620 #A71F2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.41

#400C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#400C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400C12

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400C12	1.00	16.41	1.28	16.41
#FFFFFF	16.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47010F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 12, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.080 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#794f4f',
    500: '#400c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400c12;
$custom-light: #794f4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.077,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2507,
    "c": 0.07959,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400C12

secondary

#2C7C73

accent

#EBD73D

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #400C12

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

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