#404038#404038

#404038 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.013 H 107.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#404038
RGB	rgb(64, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, -1.70, 4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 5.19, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% -0.0039 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.013 107)
XYZ	xyz(4.6615, 5.0423, 4.4683)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#404038 #383840

analogous

#403C38 #404038 #3C4038

triadic

#404038 #384040 #403840

tetradic

#404038 #38403C #383840 #40383C

square

#404038 #38403C #383840 #40383C

split-complementary

#404038 #383C40 #3C3840

monochromatic

#10100E #1F1F1B #404038 #616155 #818171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#404038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#404038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #404038

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##404038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##404038	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #404038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.013 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74746e',
    500: '#404038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #404038;
$custom-light: #74746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#404038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36883,
    "c": 0.01332,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.05042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#404038

secondary

#65656F

accent

#78B078

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080807

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #404038

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

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