#842D2E#842D2E

#842D2E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.120 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842D2E
RGB	rgb(132, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 65.2%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 37.40, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 42.25, 27.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1103 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.12 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9483, 6.9811, 3.3552)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842D2E #2D8483

analogous

#842D5A #842D2E #84572D

triadic

#842D2E #2E842D #2D2E84

tetradic

#842D2E #5A842D #2D8483 #572D84

square

#842D2E #5A842D #2D8483 #572D84

split-complementary

#842D2E #2D8457 #2D5A84

monochromatic

#290E0E #561D1E #842D2E #B23D3E #C96263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#842D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#842D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842D2E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842D2E	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#911A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.120 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b66',
    500: '#842d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842d2e;
$custom-light: #ae6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.31,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42616,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842D2E

secondary

#5DB0AF

accent

#D9D74F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110706

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842D2E

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

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