#400E14#400E14

#400E14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.4% C 0.077 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E14
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 20)
HSL	hsl(353, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(353, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 68.8%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.32, 24.58, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.32, 26.38, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(25.37% 0.0734 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(25.37% 0.077 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.3979, 1.4549, 0.8162)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E14 #0E403A

analogous

#400E2D #400E14 #40210E

triadic

#400E14 #14400E #0E1440

tetradic

#400E14 #2D400E #0E403A #210E40

square

#400E14 #2D400E #0E403A #210E40

split-complementary

#400E14 #0E4021 #0E2D40

monochromatic

#190508 #190508 #400E14 #721924 #A42433

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.27

#400E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#400E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E14

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E14	1.00	16.27	1.29	16.27
#FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470411

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.4% 0.077 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795051',
    500: '#400e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e14;
$custom-light: #795051;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25368,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E14

secondary

#2F7B72

accent

#E7D341

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E14

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

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