#842E17#842E17

#842E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.123 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E17
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(13, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 82.6%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 35.73, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 48.83, 42.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1003 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.123 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6486, 6.9229, 1.5860)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E17 #176D84

analogous

#841736 #842E17 #846517

triadic

#842E17 #17842E #2E1784

tetradic

#842E17 #368417 #176D84 #651784

square

#842E17 #368417 #176D84 #651784

split-complementary

#842E17 #178465 #173684

monochromatic

#1C0A05 #501C0E #842E17 #B84020 #DC5B39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#842E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#842E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E17

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E17	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)

#473E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#921729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.123 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6b56',
    500: '#842e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e17;
$custom-light: #af6b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.661,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42417,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E17

secondary

#3F9FB8

accent

#C7ED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E17

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

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