#842C15#842C15

#842C15 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.126 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842C15
RGB	rgb(132, 44, 21)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 84.1%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 36.61, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 49.95, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1026 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.126 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5530, 6.7626, 1.4590)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842C15 #156D84

analogous

#841536 #842C15 #846315

triadic

#842C15 #15842C #2C1584

tetradic

#842C15 #368415 #156D84 #631584

square

#842C15 #368415 #156D84 #631584

split-complementary

#842C15 #158463 #153684

monochromatic

#1A0904 #4F1A0D #842C15 #B93E1D #DF5835

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#842C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#842C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842C15

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842C15	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 44, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.126 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6a54',
    500: '#842c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842c15;
$custom-light: #af6a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.432,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42132,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842C15

secondary

#3C9FB9

accent

#C9EF39

background

#FBF6F4

surface

#F6EBE8

border

#D0C6C4

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842C15

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

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