#400E17#400E17

#400E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.4% C 0.077 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E17
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 23)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 64.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.39, 24.84, 7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.39, 25.96, 16.91°)
OKLab	oklab(25.45% 0.0748 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(25.45% 0.077 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.4263, 1.4663, 0.9657)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E17 #0E4037

analogous

#400E30 #400E17 #401E0E

triadic

#400E17 #17400E #0E1740

tetradic

#400E17 #30400E #0E4037 #1E0E40

square

#400E17 #30400E #0E4037 #1E0E40

split-complementary

#400E17 #0E401E #0E3040

monochromatic

#190509 #190509 #400E17 #721929 #A4243B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#400E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#400E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E17

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E17	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470412

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.4% 0.077 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795053',
    500: '#400e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e17;
$custom-light: #795053;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25447,
    "c": 0.07712,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E17

secondary

#2F7B6D

accent

#E7C941

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#090202

muted

#7B7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E17

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

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