#404238#404238

#404238 is a dark, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.017 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#404238
RGB	rgb(64, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 8%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(72, 15%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 15.2%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, -2.97, 5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 6.53, 117.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% -0.0075 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.017 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7763, 5.2720, 4.5066)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#404238 #3A3842

analogous

#423F38 #404238 #3B4238

triadic

#404238 #384042 #423840

tetradic

#404238 #38423F #3A3842 #42383B

square

#404238 #38423F #3A3842 #42383B

split-complementary

#404238 #383B42 #3F3842

monochromatic

#10110E #20211C #404238 #606354 #808470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#404238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#404238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #404238

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##404238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##404238	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41413F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #404238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.017 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74766e',
    500: '#404238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #404238;
$custom-light: #74766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#404238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37389,
    "c": 0.01679,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#404238

secondary

#676571

accent

#77B182

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080807

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #404238

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

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