#8A242E#8A242E

#8A242E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A242E
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 43.34, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 47.54, 24.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.1284 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.137 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6065, 6.8640, 3.2980)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A242E #248A80

analogous

#8A2461 #8A242E #8A4D24

triadic

#8A242E #2E8A24 #242E8A

tetradic

#8A242E #618A24 #248A80 #4D248A

square

#8A242E #618A24 #248A80 #4D248A

split-complementary

#8A242E #248A4D #24618A

monochromatic

#290B0E #59171E #8A242E #BB313E #D35662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8A242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8A242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A242E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A242E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36766',
    500: '#8a242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a242e;
$custom-light: #b36766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.118,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42628,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A242E

secondary

#53B7AD

accent

#E2D346

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A242E

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

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