Exploring the Color #842A3B

#842A3B sits at 349° on the color wheel, placing it in the red family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 52% saturation and 34% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 132, 42, 59 produces a 8.84:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #842A3B is a clear variant of CSS brown — about 37 units away from #A52A2A. Designers reach for red hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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