#8A243A#8A243A

#8A243A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A243A
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 58)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 44.18, 12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 45.79, 15.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1333 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.137 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8770, 6.9722, 4.7225)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A243A #248A74

analogous

#8A246D #8A243A #8A4124

triadic

#8A243A #3A8A24 #243A8A

tetradic

#8A243A #6D8A24 #248A74 #41248A

square

#8A243A #6D8A24 #248A74 #41248A

split-complementary

#8A243A #248A41 #246D8A

monochromatic

#290B11 #591726 #8A243A #BB314E #D35671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8A243A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A243A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A243A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A243A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A243A	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97092D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a243a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2676f',
    500: '#8a243a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a243a;
$custom-light: #b2676f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a243a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.059,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42893,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A243A

secondary

#53B7A1

accent

#E2C046

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A243A

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

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