#81242E#81242E

#81242E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.127 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81242E
RGB	rgb(129, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 64.3%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 40.32, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 43.73, 22.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.1199 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.127 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1783, 6.1276, 3.2310)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81242E #248177

analogous

#81245D #81242E #814824

triadic

#81242E #2E8124 #242E81

tetradic

#81242E #5D8124 #248177 #482481

square

#81242E #5D8124 #248177 #482481

split-complementary

#81242E #248148 #245D81

monochromatic

#21090C #51171D #81242E #B1313F #CE515E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#81242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#81242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #81242E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##81242E	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E0B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.127 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6666',
    500: '#81242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81242e;
$custom-light: #ac6666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.548,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40991,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81242E

secondary

#4EB2A8

accent

#E0CF48

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110606

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #81242E

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

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