#842E2E#842E2E

#842E2E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.119 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E2E
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 65.2%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 36.93, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 41.94, 28.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1088 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.119 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9869, 7.0583, 3.3681)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E2E #2E8484

analogous

#842E59 #842E2E #84592E

triadic

#842E2E #2E842E #2E2E84

tetradic

#842E2E #59842E #2E8484 #592E84

square

#842E2E #59842E #2E8484 #592E84

split-complementary

#842E2E #2E8459 #2E5984

monochromatic

#290E0E #571E1E #842E2E #B13E3E #C96464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#842E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#842E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E2E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E2E	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44402D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#911C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.119 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad6b66',
    500: '#842e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e2e;
$custom-light: #ad6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42748,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E2E

secondary

#5EB0B0

accent

#D8D850

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110706

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E2E

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

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