#842E23#842E23

#842E23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.121 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E23
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 73.5%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 36.26, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 44.93, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.1044 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.121 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7972, 6.9824, 2.3690)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E23 #237984

analogous

#842348 #842E23 #845E23

triadic

#842E23 #23842E #2E2384

tetradic

#842E23 #488423 #237984 #5E2384

square

#842E23 #488423 #237984 #5E2384

split-complementary

#842E23 #23845E #234884

monochromatic

#230C09 #541D16 #842E23 #B43F30 #D15F51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#842E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#842E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E23

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E23	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91192C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.121 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b5e',
    500: '#842e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e23;
$custom-light: #ae6b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.804,
    "s": 58.084,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42563,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E23

secondary

#4EA9B4

accent

#D0E146

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E23

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

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