Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #402c17, its pure hue is 30.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 47.1%, and its lightness is 17.1%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #402c17, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #080603 to #382714.
The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #402c17. In RGB, it consists of 25.1% Red, 17.3% Green, and 9.0% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 31.3% Magenta, 64.1% Yellow, and 74.9% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 30.7°, with saturation of 47.1% and lightness of 17.1%. The decimal value for #402c17 is 4205591, and its nearest "web safe" color is #333300. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #402c17 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
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Tints of #402c17
Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #402c17, its pure hue is 30.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 47.1%, and its lightness is 17.1%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #402c17, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #584634 to #e7e5e2.
Tones of #402c17
Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #402c17, its pure hue is 30.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 47.1%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #402c17, which range from #2c2c2c (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #572d00 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).
Variations of #402c17
There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #402c17! For #402c17, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #402c17. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!
Color Coordinates of #402c17
This color, #402c17, consists of 25.1% Red, 17.3% Green, and 9.0% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 64, Green = 44, Blue = 23. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #402c17 is 0% Cyan, 31.3% Magenta, 64.1% Yellow, and 74.9% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.
Color Base | R (Red) | G (Green) | B (Blue) |
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Decimal | 64 | 44 | 23 |
Octal | 100 | 54 | 27 |
Hexa | #40 | #2c | #17 |
Binary | 01000000 | 00101100 | 00010111 |
Color Base | C (Cyan) | M (Magenta) | Y (Yellow) | Y (Black) |
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Decimal | 0 | 31 | 64 | 74 |
Octal | 0 | 37 | 100 | 112 |
Hexa | #00 | #1f | #40 | #4a |
Binary | 00000000 | 00011111 | 01000000 | 01001010 |
Analogous Colors of #402c17
Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #402c17 — which has hue 30.7° — its analogous colors are located at 0.7° and 60.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #402c17.
Triadic Colors of #402c17
Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #402c17 — which has hue 30.7° — its triadic colors are located at 30.7° and 270.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #402c17.
Complementary Color of #402c17
A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #402c17 — which has hue 30.7° — its complementary color is located at 210.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #402c17.
Split Complementary Colors of #402c17
Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #402c17 — which has hue 30.7° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 30.7° and 240.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #402c17.
Tetradic Colors of #402c17
Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #402c17 — which has hue 30.7° — its tetradic colors are located at 300.7°, 30.7°, 120.7°, and 210.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #402c17.
Monochromatic Colors of #402c17
Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #402c17, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #1b1611 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #6f4213 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).
HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #402c17
We want to make getting started with #402c17 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #402c17 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #402c17 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span>
and <div>
tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #402c17 with other HTML elements.
#402c17 Foreground / Text Color
<span style="color: #402c17;">The color of this text is #402c17.</span>
#402c17 Background Color
<div style="background-color: #402c17; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #402c17.</div>
#402c17 Text Shadow Color
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #402c17;">This color for the shadow of this text is #402c17.</span>
#402c17 Border Color
<div style="border: #402c17 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #402c17.</div>
#402c17 Color Rectangle on a White Background
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #402c17; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #402c17 on a white background.</div></div>
#402c17 Color Rectangle on a Black Background
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #402c17; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #402c17 on a black background.</div></div>
Gradient from #402c17 to White
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#402c17,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#402c17,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#402c17,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#402c17,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #402c17 to white.</div>
Gradient from #402c17 to Black
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#402c17,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#402c17,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#402c17,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#402c17,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #402c17 to black.</div>
Coding & Programming with #402c17
In addition to using #402c17 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #402c17 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #402c17, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 64, Green = 44, Blue = 23). If you need details about the color coordinates of #402c17 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.
Language | Environment | Code Snippet |
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HTML + CSS (Hex Code) | Web | #402c17 |
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) | Web | rgb(64, 44, 23) |
CSS Background Color | Web | .myclass { background-color: #402c17; } |
CSS Foreground + Text Color | Web | .myclass { color: #402c17; } |
CSS Border Color | Web | .myclass { border: 2px solid #402c17; } |
Java | (Multi-platform) | new Color(64, 44, 23); |
Python | (Multi-platform) | Color("#402c17") |
Swift | iOS | UIColor(red:64, green:44, blue:23, alpha:1.0000) |
Objective-C (iOS) | iOS | [UIColor colorWithRed:64 green:44 blue:23 alpha:1.0000]; |
OpenGL | (Graphics) | glColor3f(64f, 44f, 23f); |
C# / .NET | Windows | Color.FromArgb(64, 44, 23); |
#402c17 Color Blindness
Not everyone can see #402c17 the same way. For those with color blindness, #402c17 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #402c17 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #402c17 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #402c17 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #402c17 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!
Trichromacy
Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women
Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women
Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000
Dichromacy
Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men
Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000
Accessibility Recommended
We analyzed whether #402c17 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 13.2:1 against white. This is a high enough ratio to be considered accessible under both the AA and AAA level standards for either normal size or large text.