#40140E#40140E

#40140E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.070 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40140E
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 14)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.37, 21.00, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.37, 25.50, 34.55°)
OKLab	oklab(26.12% 0.0607 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(26.12% 0.07 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.4440, 1.6223, 0.5998)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40140E #0E3A40

analogous

#400E21 #40140E #402D0E

triadic

#40140E #0E4014 #140E40

tetradic

#40140E #21400E #0E3A40 #2D0E40

square

#40140E #21400E #0E3A40 #2D0E40

split-complementary

#40140E #0E402D #0E2140

monochromatic

#190805 #190805 #40140E #722419 #A43324

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.86

#40140E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#40140E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40140E

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40140E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40140E	1.00	15.86	1.32	15.86
#FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B260D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#470A13

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40140e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.070 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79544d',
    500: '#40140e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40140e;
$custom-light: #79544d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40140e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26116,
    "c": 0.07023,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40140E

secondary

#2F727B

accent

#D3E741

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #40140E

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

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