#402E2B#402E2B

#402E2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.027 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E2B
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 20%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(9, 33%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 32.8%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.90, 7.73, 5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.90, 9.29, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.1% 0.0237 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(32.1% 0.027 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.5275, 3.2186, 2.7205)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E2B #2B3D40

analogous

#402B32 #402E2B #40382B

triadic

#402E2B #2B402E #2E2B40

tetradic

#402E2B #32402B #2B3D40 #382B40

square

#402E2B #32402B #2B3D40 #382B40

split-complementary

#402E2B #2B4038 #2B3240

monochromatic

#120D0C #1B1412 #402E2B #654844 #89635C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#402E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#402E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E2B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E2B	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32302B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36342B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.027 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756664',
    500: '#402e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e2b;
$custom-light: #756664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 19.626,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32102,
    "c": 0.02724,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E2B

secondary

#566D71

accent

#B1BC6C

background

#F7F6F5

surface

#EDEBEA

border

#C8C6C6

text

#080605

muted

#7B7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E2B

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

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