#842E1A#842E1A

#842E1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.123 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E1A
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 26)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 80.3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 35.85, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 47.83, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1012 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.123 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6803, 6.9356, 1.7534)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E1A #1A7084

analogous

#841A3B #842E1A #84631A

triadic

#842E1A #1A842E #2E1A84

tetradic

#842E1A #3B841A #1A7084 #631A84

square

#842E1A #3B841A #1A7084 #631A84

split-complementary

#842E1A #1A8463 #1A3B84

monochromatic

#1E0A06 #511C10 #842E1A #B74024 #D95C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#842E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#842E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E1A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E1A	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92182A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.123 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6b58',
    500: '#842e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e1a;
$custom-light: #af6b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42448,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E1A

secondary

#42A1B8

accent

#CAEA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E1A

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

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