#8A242C#8A242C

#8A242C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A242C
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 43.22, 20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 47.96, 25.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1275 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.137 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5680, 6.8486, 3.0952)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A242C #248A82

analogous

#8A245F #8A242C #8A4F24

triadic

#8A242C #2C8A24 #242C8A

tetradic

#8A242C #5F8A24 #248A82 #4F248A

square

#8A242C #5F8A24 #248A82 #4F248A

split-complementary

#8A242C #248A4F #245F8A

monochromatic

#290B0D #59171D #8A242C #BB313B #D3565F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8A242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A242C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A242C	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980128

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36765',
    500: '#8a242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a242c;
$custom-light: #b36765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4259,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A242C

secondary

#53B7AF

accent

#E2D646

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A242C

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

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