#40201A#40201A

#40201A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.051 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40201A
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 59.4%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.49, 14.69, 10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.49, 18.27, 36.51°)
OKLab	oklab(28.57% 0.0435 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(28.57% 0.051 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.8175, 2.1979, 1.2529)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40201A #1A3A40

analogous

#401A27 #40201A #40331A

triadic

#40201A #1A4020 #201A40

tetradic

#40201A #27401A #1A3A40 #331A40

square

#40201A #27401A #1A3A40 #331A40

split-complementary

#40201A #1A4033 #1A2740

monochromatic

#160B09 #160B09 #40201A #6C362C #974C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#40201A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#40201A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40201A

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40201A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40201A	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#461B1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40201a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.051 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775c56',
    500: '#40201a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40201a;
$custom-light: #775c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40201a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28567,
    "c": 0.05105,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40201A

secondary

#406D76

accent

#BED256

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#090403

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #40201A

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

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