#40140C#40140C

#40140C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.071 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40140C
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 12)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.33, 20.88, 15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.33, 25.93, 36.38°)
OKLab	oklab(26.08% 0.0598 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(26.08% 0.071 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.4311, 1.6172, 0.5319)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40140C #0C3840

analogous

#400C1E #40140C #402E0C

triadic

#40140C #0C4014 #140C40

tetradic

#40140C #1E400C #0C3840 #2E0C40

square

#40140C #1E400C #0C3840 #2E0C40

split-complementary

#40140C #0C402E #0C1E40

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #40140C #742416 #A7341F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.87

#40140C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#40140C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40140C

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40140C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40140C	1.00	15.87	1.32	15.87
#FFFFFF	15.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B260B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470A12

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40140c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.071 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79534c',
    500: '#40140c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40140c;
$custom-light: #79534c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40140c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26082,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40140C

secondary

#2C707C

accent

#D0EB3D

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #40140C

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

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