#842E26#842E26

#842E26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.120 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E26
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 71.2%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 36.43, 24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 44.03, 34.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1055 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.12 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8437, 7.0010, 2.6137)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E26 #267C84

analogous

#84264D #842E26 #845D26

triadic

#842E26 #26842E #2E2684

tetradic

#842E26 #4D8426 #267C84 #5D2684

square

#842E26 #4D8426 #267C84 #5D2684

split-complementary

#842E26 #26845D #264D84

monochromatic

#250D0B #541D18 #842E26 #B43F34 #CE6056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#842E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#842E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E26

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E26	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#911A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.120 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b60',
    500: '#842e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e26;
$custom-light: #ae6b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42608,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E26

secondary

#53ABB3

accent

#D2DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110705

muted

#807A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E26

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

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