#40261E#40261E

#40261E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.042 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40261E
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 36%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(14, 53%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 53.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.23, 11.19, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.23, 15.28, 42.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.93% 0.0333 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(29.93% 0.042 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0420, 2.5702, 1.5639)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40261E #1E3840

analogous

#401E27 #40261E #40371E

triadic

#40261E #1E4026 #261E40

tetradic

#40261E #27401E #1E3840 #371E40

square

#40261E #27401E #1E3840 #371E40

split-complementary

#40261E #1E4037 #1E2740

monochromatic

#150C0A #160D0A #40261E #6A3F32 #935745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#40261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#40261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40261E

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40261E	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C291D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.042 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766059',
    500: '#40261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40261e;
$custom-light: #766059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29933,
    "c": 0.04222,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40261E

secondary

#456974

accent

#B2CC5C

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#090503

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #40261E

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

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