#842B16#842B16

#842B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.127 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842B16
RGB	rgb(132, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 83.3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 37.10, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 49.85, 41.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.1043 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.127 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5256, 6.6928, 1.4965)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842B16 #166F84

analogous

#841638 #842B16 #846216

triadic

#842B16 #16842B #2B1684

tetradic

#842B16 #388416 #166F84 #621684

square

#842B16 #388416 #166F84 #621684

split-complementary

#842B16 #168462 #163884

monochromatic

#1B0905 #501A0D #842B16 #B83C1F #DE5737

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#842B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#842B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842B16

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842B16	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.127 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6955',
    500: '#842b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842b16;
$custom-light: #af6955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.455,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42012,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842B16

secondary

#3DA1B8

accent

#CCEE3A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842B16

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

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