#842E2B#842E2B

#842E2B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.119 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E2B
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 67.4%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 36.73, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 42.67, 30.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1076 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.119 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9298, 7.0354, 3.0675)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E2B #2B8184

analogous

#842B55 #842E2B #845B2B

triadic

#842E2B #2B842E #2E2B84

tetradic

#842E2B #55842B #2B8184 #5B2B84

square

#842E2B #55842B #2B8184 #5B2B84

split-complementary

#842E2B #2B845B #2B5584

monochromatic

#280E0D #561E1C #842E2B #B23E3A #CB625F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#842E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#842E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E2B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E2B	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)

#453F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#911B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.119 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b64',
    500: '#842e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e2b;
$custom-light: #ae6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.022,
    "s": 50.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42692,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E2B

secondary

#5AAEB1

accent

#D6DA4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110705

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E2B

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

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