#842A2D#842A2D

#842A2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.123 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842A2D
RGB	rgb(132, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 65.9%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 38.71, 19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 43.40, 26.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.1142 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.123 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8184, 6.7524, 3.2158)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842A2D #2A8481

analogous

#842A5A #842A2D #84542A

triadic

#842A2D #2D842A #2A2D84

tetradic

#842A2D #5A842A #2A8481 #542A84

square

#842A2D #5A842A #2A8481 #542A84

split-complementary

#842A2D #2A8454 #2A5A84

monochromatic

#270C0D #561B1D #842A2D #B2393D #CB5D61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#842A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#842A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842A2D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842A2D	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.123 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6965',
    500: '#842a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842a2d;
$custom-light: #ae6965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42215,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842A2D

secondary

#59B1AE

accent

#DBD64D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110705

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842A2D

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

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