#8A243D#8A243D

#8A243D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.137 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A243D
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 61)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 55.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 44.42, 10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 45.57, 12.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1346 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.137 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9555, 7.0036, 5.1363)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A243D #248A71

analogous

#8A2470 #8A243D #8A3E24

triadic

#8A243D #3D8A24 #243D8A

tetradic

#8A243D #708A24 #248A71 #3E248A

square

#8A243D #708A24 #248A71 #3E248A

split-complementary

#8A243D #248A3E #24708A

monochromatic

#290B12 #591728 #8A243D #BB3152 #D35674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8A243D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A243D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A243D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A243D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A243D	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58523A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a243d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.137 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26772',
    500: '#8a243d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a243d;
$custom-light: #b26772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a243d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.294,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42969,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A243D

secondary

#53B79E

accent

#E2BC46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A243D

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

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