#8A242D#8A242D

#8A242D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A242D
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 43.28, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 47.75, 24.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1279 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.137 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5870, 6.8562, 3.1954)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A242D #248A81

analogous

#8A2460 #8A242D #8A4E24

triadic

#8A242D #2D8A24 #242D8A

tetradic

#8A242D #608A24 #248A81 #4E248A

square

#8A242D #608A24 #248A81 #4E248A

split-complementary

#8A242D #248A4E #24608A

monochromatic

#290B0D #59171D #8A242D #BB313D #D35661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8A242D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A242D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A242D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A242D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A242D	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)

#403C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980128

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a242d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36765',
    500: '#8a242d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a242d;
$custom-light: #b36765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a242d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42609,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A242D

secondary

#53B7AE

accent

#E2D446

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A242D

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

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