#842E38#842E38

#842E38 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.118 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E38
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 57.6%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 37.69, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 40.10, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.113 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.118 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2075, 7.1465, 4.5298)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E38 #2E847A

analogous

#842E63 #842E38 #844F2E

triadic

#842E38 #38842E #2E3884

tetradic

#842E38 #63842E #2E847A #4F2E84

square

#842E38 #63842E #2E847A #4F2E84

split-complementary

#842E38 #2E844F #2E6384

monochromatic

#290E11 #571E25 #842E38 #B13E4B #C9646F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#842E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#842E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E38

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E38	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#901E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.118 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad6b6e',
    500: '#842e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e38;
$custom-light: #ad6b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.023,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42962,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E38

secondary

#5EB0A6

accent

#D8C850

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110707

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E38

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

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