#842E2C#842E2C

#842E2C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.119 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E2C
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 66.7%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 36.80, 21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 42.42, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.108 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.119 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9484, 7.0429, 3.1653)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E2C #2C8284

analogous

#842C56 #842E2C #845A2C

triadic

#842E2C #2C842E #2E2C84

tetradic

#842E2C #56842C #2C8284 #5A2C84

square

#842E2C #56842C #2C8284 #5A2C84

split-complementary

#842E2C #2C845A #2C5684

monochromatic

#280E0D #561E1D #842E2C #B23E3B #CA6360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#842E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#842E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E2C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E2C	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#911B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.119 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6b65',
    500: '#842e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e2c;
$custom-light: #ae6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.364,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4271,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E2C

secondary

#5CAEB0

accent

#D6DA4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110705

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E2C

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

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