#402E2E#402E2E

#402E2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.027 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E2E
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 16%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(0, 28%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 28.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.99, 8.25, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.99, 8.86, 21.32°)
OKLab	oklab(32.2% 0.0252 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(32.2% 0.027 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.5845, 3.2414, 3.0211)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E2E #2E4040

analogous

#402E37 #402E2E #40372E

triadic

#402E2E #2E402E #2E2E40

tetradic

#402E2E #37402E #2E4040 #372E40

square

#402E2E #37402E #2E4040 #372E40

split-complementary

#402E2E #2E4037 #2E3740

monochromatic

#120D0D #1C1414 #402E2E #644848 #876161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#402E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#402E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E2E

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E2E	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35342E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.027 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756666',
    500: '#402e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e2e;
$custom-light: #756666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 16.364,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32198,
    "c": 0.02658,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E2E

secondary

#597070

accent

#B9B96F

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EDEBEB

border

#C8C6C6

text

#080606

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E2E

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

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