#842E42#842E42

#842E42 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.119 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E42
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 50%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 38.60, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 39.33, 11.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1172 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.119 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4770, 7.2543, 5.9490)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E42 #2E8470

analogous

#842E6D #842E42 #84452E

triadic

#842E42 #42842E #2E4284

tetradic

#842E42 #6D842E #2E8470 #452E84

square

#842E42 #6D842E #2E8470 #452E84

split-complementary

#842E42 #2E8445 #2E6D84

monochromatic

#290E15 #571E2B #842E42 #B13E59 #C9647B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#842E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#842E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E42

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E42	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.119 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6c76',
    500: '#842e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e42;
$custom-light: #ac6c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.047,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4322,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E42

secondary

#5EB09D

accent

#D8B850

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E42

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

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