#842E24#842E24

#842E24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.120 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E24
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 72.7%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 36.32, 25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 44.62, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.1048 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.12 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8123, 6.9884, 2.4483)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E24 #247A84

analogous

#84244A #842E24 #845E24

triadic

#842E24 #24842E #2E2484

tetradic

#842E24 #4A8424 #247A84 #5E2484

square

#842E24 #4A8424 #247A84 #5E2484

split-complementary

#842E24 #24845E #244A84

monochromatic

#240C0A #541D17 #842E24 #B43F31 #D06052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#842E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#842E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E24

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E24	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)

#453F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91192C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.120 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b5f',
    500: '#842e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e24;
$custom-light: #ae6b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42578,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E24

secondary

#50AAB4

accent

#D0E047

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E24

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

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