#8B242F#8B242F

#8B242F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B242F
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 43.73, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 47.77, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1297 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.138 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7927, 6.9577, 3.4108)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B242F #248B80

analogous

#8B2463 #8B242F #8B4D24

triadic

#8B242F #2F8B24 #242F8B

tetradic

#8B242F #638B24 #248B80 #4D248B

square

#8B242F #638B24 #248B80 #4D248B

split-complementary

#8B242F #248B4D #24638B

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5A171F #8B242F #BC313F #D35663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8B242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B242F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B242F	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36767',
    500: '#8b242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b242f;
$custom-light: #b36767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.592,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4283,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B242F

secondary

#53B7AD

accent

#E2D146

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B242F

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

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