#42140E#42140E

#42140E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.073 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42140E
RGB	rgb(66, 20, 14)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.77, 21.87, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.77, 26.57, 34.58°)
OKLab	oklab(26.5% 0.0631 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(26.5% 0.073 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5765, 1.6906, 0.6060)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42140E #0E3C42

analogous

#420E22 #42140E #422E0E

triadic

#42140E #0E4214 #140E42

tetradic

#42140E #22420E #0E3C42 #2E0E42

square

#42140E #22420E #0E3C42 #2E0E42

split-complementary

#42140E #0E422E #0E2242

monochromatic

#190805 #190805 #42140E #742319 #A73323

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.70

#42140E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#42140E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42140E

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42140E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42140E	1.00	15.70	1.34	15.70
#FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#490A13

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42140e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 20, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.073 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b544d',
    500: '#42140e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42140e;
$custom-light: #7b544d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42140e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.265,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42140E

secondary

#2F747D

accent

#D5E840

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EEE7E7

border

#C9C3C3

text

#0A0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #42140E

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

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