#42140C#42140C

#42140C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.073 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42140C
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 12)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 81.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.74, 21.75, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.74, 27.00, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(26.47% 0.0623 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(26.47% 0.073 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5636, 1.6855, 0.5381)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42140C #0C3A42

analogous

#420C1F #42140C #422F0C

triadic

#42140C #0C4214 #140C42

tetradic

#42140C #1F420C #0C3A42 #2F0C42

square

#42140C #1F420C #0C3A42 #2F0C42

split-complementary

#42140C #0C422F #0C1F42

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #42140C #762415 #AA331F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.71

#42140C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#42140C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42140C

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42140C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42140C	1.00	15.71	1.34	15.71
#FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#490912

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42140c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.073 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b544c',
    500: '#42140c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42140c;
$custom-light: #7b544c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42140c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26467,
    "c": 0.07345,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42140C

secondary

#2C727E

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #42140C

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

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