#85242B#85242B

#85242B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.131 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85242B
RGB	rgb(133, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 67.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 41.48, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 46.04, 25.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.1225 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.131 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7409, 6.4243, 2.9595)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85242B #24857E

analogous

#85245B #85242B #854D24

triadic

#85242B #2B8524 #242B85

tetradic

#85242B #5B8524 #24857E #4D2485

square

#85242B #5B8524 #24857E #4D2485

split-complementary

#85242B #24854D #245B85

monochromatic

#250A0C #55171B #85242B #B5313B #D0535C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#85242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#85242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85242B

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85242B	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.131 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6664',
    500: '#85242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85242b;
$custom-light: #af6664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.67,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41658,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85242B

secondary

#50B4AD

accent

#E1D647

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #85242B

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

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