#842E16#842E16

#842E16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.124 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E16
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 22)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 83.3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 35.70, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 49.16, 43.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.124 36)
XYZ	xyz(10.6387, 6.9190, 1.5342)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E16 #166C84

analogous

#841635 #842E16 #846516

triadic

#842E16 #16842E #2E1684

tetradic

#842E16 #358416 #166C84 #651684

square

#842E16 #358416 #166C84 #651684

split-complementary

#842E16 #168465 #163584

monochromatic

#1B0905 #501C0D #842E16 #B8401F #DE5B37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#842E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#842E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E16

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E16	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.124 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6b55',
    500: '#842e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e16;
$custom-light: #af6b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.091,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42407,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.06917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E16

secondary

#3D9EB8

accent

#C7EE3A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E16

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

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