#842E21#842E21

#842E21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.121 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E21
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 75%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 36.16, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 45.55, 37.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1036 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.121 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7684, 6.9708, 2.2170)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E21 #217784

analogous

#842145 #842E21 #846021

triadic

#842E21 #21842E #2E2184

tetradic

#842E21 #458421 #217784 #602184

square

#842E21 #458421 #217784 #602184

split-complementary

#842E21 #218460 #214584

monochromatic

#220C09 #531D15 #842E21 #B53F2D #D25E4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#842E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#842E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E21

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E21	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91192B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.121 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b5d',
    500: '#842e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e21;
$custom-light: #ae6b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.879,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42535,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E21

secondary

#4BA8B6

accent

#CEE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E21

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

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