#8A243C#8A243C

#8A243C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A243C
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 56.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 44.34, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 45.64, 13.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1342 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.137 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9288, 6.9929, 4.9957)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A243C #248A72

analogous

#8A246F #8A243C #8A3F24

triadic

#8A243C #3C8A24 #243C8A

tetradic

#8A243C #6F8A24 #248A72 #3F248A

square

#8A243C #6F8A24 #248A72 #3F248A

split-complementary

#8A243C #248A3F #246F8A

monochromatic

#290B12 #591727 #8A243C #BB3151 #D35673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8A243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A243C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A243C	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26771',
    500: '#8a243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a243c;
$custom-light: #b26771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42943,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A243C

secondary

#53B79F

accent

#E2BD46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A243C

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

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