#842E1E#842E1E

#842E1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.122 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E1E
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 77.3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 36.02, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 46.51, 39.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1026 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.122 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7282, 6.9548, 2.0055)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E1E #1E7484

analogous

#841E41 #842E1E #84611E

triadic

#842E1E #1E842E #2E1E84

tetradic

#842E1E #41841E #1E7484 #611E84

square

#842E1E #41841E #1E7484 #611E84

split-complementary

#842E1E #1E8461 #1E4184

monochromatic

#200B07 #521D13 #842E1E #B63F29 #D55D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#842E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#842E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E1E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E1E	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91182B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.122 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6b5b',
    500: '#842e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e1e;
$custom-light: #af6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42495,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E1E

secondary

#47A5B7

accent

#CCE642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E1E

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

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