#8A242A#8A242A

#8A242A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A242A
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 43.10, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 48.40, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1267 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.137 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5313, 6.8339, 2.9019)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A242A #248A84

analogous

#8A245D #8A242A #8A5124

triadic

#8A242A #2A8A24 #242A8A

tetradic

#8A242A #5D8A24 #248A84 #51248A

square

#8A242A #5D8A24 #248A84 #51248A

split-complementary

#8A242A #248A51 #245D8A

monochromatic

#290B0C #59171B #8A242A #BB3139 #D3565D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8A242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A242A

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A242A	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36763',
    500: '#8a242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a242a;
$custom-light: #b36763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42554,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A242A

secondary

#53B7B1

accent

#E2D946

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A242A

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

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