#8B242D#8B242D

#8B242D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B242D
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 43.61, 20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 48.17, 25.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.1289 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.138 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7532, 6.9419, 3.2032)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B242D #248B82

analogous

#8B2461 #8B242D #8B4F24

triadic

#8B242D #2D8B24 #242D8B

tetradic

#8B242D #618B24 #248B82 #4F248B

square

#8B242D #618B24 #248B82 #4F248B

split-complementary

#8B242D #248B4F #24618B

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5A171D #8B242D #BC313D #D35661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8B242D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B242D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B242D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B242D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B242D	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b242d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46765',
    500: '#8b242d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b242d;
$custom-light: #b46765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b242d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.757,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42791,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B242D

secondary

#53B7AF

accent

#E2D446

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B242D

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

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