#40201E#40201E

#40201E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.050 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40201E
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 36%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 53.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.59, 15.15, 8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.59, 17.22, 28.38°)
OKLab	oklab(28.67% 0.0454 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(28.67% 0.05 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.8654, 2.2170, 1.5051)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40201E #1E3E40

analogous

#401E2D #40201E #40311E

triadic

#40201E #1E4020 #201E40

tetradic

#40201E #2D401E #1E3E40 #311E40

square

#40201E #2D401E #1E3E40 #311E40

split-complementary

#40201E #1E4031 #1E2D40

monochromatic

#150A0A #160B0A #40201E #6A3532 #934A45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.55

#40201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#40201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40201E

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40201E	1.00	14.55	1.44	14.55
#FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27251E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#461C20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.050 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775c59',
    500: '#40201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40201e;
$custom-light: #775c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2867,
    "c": 0.04989,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40201E

secondary

#457274

accent

#C6CC5C

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#090403

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #40201E

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

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