#842D17#842D17

#842D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.124 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842D17
RGB	rgb(132, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 82.6%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 36.21, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 49.06, 42.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1017 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.124 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6099, 6.8457, 1.5731)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842D17 #176E84

analogous

#841737 #842D17 #846317

triadic

#842D17 #17842D #2D1784

tetradic

#842D17 #378417 #176E84 #631784

square

#842D17 #378417 #176E84 #631784

split-complementary

#842D17 #178463 #173784

monochromatic

#1C0905 #501B0E #842D17 #B83F20 #DC5A39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#842D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#842D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842D17

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842D17	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)

#463E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.124 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6a56',
    500: '#842d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842d17;
$custom-light: #af6a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.11,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42283,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842D17

secondary

#3FA0B8

accent

#C9ED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842D17

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

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