#842C16#842C16

#842C16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.126 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842C16
RGB	rgb(132, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 83.3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 36.64, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 49.62, 42.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1029 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.126 35)
XYZ	xyz(10.5624, 6.7664, 1.5088)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842C16 #166E84

analogous

#841637 #842C16 #846316

triadic

#842C16 #16842C #2C1684

tetradic

#842C16 #378416 #166E84 #631684

square

#842C16 #378416 #166E84 #631684

split-complementary

#842C16 #168463 #163784

monochromatic

#1B0905 #501B0D #842C16 #B83D1F #DE5837

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#842C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#842C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842C16

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842C16	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)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.126 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6a55',
    500: '#842c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842c16;
$custom-light: #af6a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42142,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.06765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842C16

secondary

#3DA0B8

accent

#CAEE3A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842C16

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

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