#8A242B#8A242B

#8A242B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A242B
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 43.16, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 48.18, 26.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1271 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.137 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5494, 6.8412, 2.9974)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A242B #248A83

analogous

#8A245E #8A242B #8A5024

triadic

#8A242B #2B8A24 #242B8A

tetradic

#8A242B #5E8A24 #248A83 #50248A

square

#8A242B #5E8A24 #248A83 #50248A

split-complementary

#8A242B #248A50 #245E8A

monochromatic

#290B0D #59171C #8A242B #BB313A #D3565E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8A242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A242B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A242B	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)

#413C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36764',
    500: '#8a242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a242b;
$custom-light: #b36764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.882,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42571,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A242B

secondary

#53B7B0

accent

#E2D746

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A242B

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

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