#842E2A#842E2A

#842E2A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.119 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E2A
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 68.2%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 36.67, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 42.93, 31.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.1071 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.119 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9117, 7.0282, 2.9720)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E2A #2A8084

analogous

#842A53 #842E2A #845B2A

triadic

#842E2A #2A842E #2E2A84

tetradic

#842E2A #53842A #2A8084 #5B2A84

square

#842E2A #53842A #2A8084 #5B2A84

split-complementary

#842E2A #2A845B #2A5384

monochromatic

#270E0C #561E1B #842E2A #B23E39 #CB625D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#842E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#842E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E2A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E2A	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#911B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.119 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b63',
    500: '#842e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e2a;
$custom-light: #ae6b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42675,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E2A

secondary

#59ADB1

accent

#D5DB4D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110705

muted

#807A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E2A

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

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