#842B17#842B17

#842B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.126 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842B17
RGB	rgb(132, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 82.6%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 37.14, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 49.52, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1046 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.126 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5354, 6.6967, 1.5483)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842B17 #177084

analogous

#841739 #842B17 #846117

triadic

#842B17 #17842B #2B1784

tetradic

#842B17 #398417 #177084 #611784

square

#842B17 #398417 #177084 #611784

split-complementary

#842B17 #178461 #173984

monochromatic

#1C0905 #501A0E #842B17 #B83C20 #DC5739

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#842B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#842B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842B17

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842B17	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)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.126 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6956',
    500: '#842b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842b17;
$custom-light: #af6956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.009,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42022,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842B17

secondary

#3FA2B8

accent

#CCED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842B17

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

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