#842B2E#842B2E

#842B2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.122 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842B2E
RGB	rgb(132, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 65.2%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 38.32, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 42.87, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.1132 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.122 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8738, 6.8320, 3.3304)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842B2E #2B8481

analogous

#842B5B #842B2E #84552B

triadic

#842B2E #2E842B #2B2E84

tetradic

#842B2E #5B842B #2B8481 #552B84

square

#842B2E #5B842B #2B8481 #552B84

split-complementary

#842B2E #2B8455 #2B5B84

monochromatic

#280D0E #561C1E #842B2E #B23A3E #CB5F62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#842B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#842B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842B2E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842B2E	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91172D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.122 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6a66',
    500: '#842b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842b2e;
$custom-light: #ae6a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.978,
    "s": 50.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4236,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842B2E

secondary

#5AB1AE

accent

#DAD64D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110706

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842B2E

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

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