#842A2F#842A2F

#842A2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.123 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842A2F
RGB	rgb(132, 42, 47)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 64.4%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 38.84, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 42.97, 25.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.115 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.123 21)
XYZ	xyz(10.8578, 6.7682, 3.4234)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842A2F #2A847F

analogous

#842A5C #842A2F #84522A

triadic

#842A2F #2F842A #2A2F84

tetradic

#842A2F #5C842A #2A847F #522A84

square

#842A2F #5C842A #2A847F #522A84

split-complementary

#842A2F #2A8452 #2A5C84

monochromatic

#270C0E #561B1E #842A2F #B23940 #CB5D63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#842A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#842A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842A2F

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842A2F	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 42, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.123 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6967',
    500: '#842a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842a2f;
$custom-light: #ae6967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42255,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.06767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842A2F

secondary

#59B1AC

accent

#DBD34D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110706

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842A2F

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

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