#8B243A#8B243A

#8B243A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.138 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B243A
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 58)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 44.50, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 46.18, 15.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% 0.1343 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.138 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0432, 7.0579, 4.7303)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B243A #248B75

analogous

#8B246E #8B243A #8B4124

triadic

#8B243A #3A8B24 #243A8B

tetradic

#8B243A #6E8B24 #248B75 #41248B

square

#8B243A #6E8B24 #248B75 #41248B

split-complementary

#8B243A #248B41 #246E8B

monochromatic

#2A0B11 #5A1726 #8B243A #BC314E #D35671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8B243A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B243A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B243A

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B243A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B243A	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98082D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b243a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.138 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3676f',
    500: '#8b243a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b243a;
$custom-light: #b3676f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b243a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.184,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43073,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B243A

secondary

#53B7A2

accent

#E2C146

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B243A

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

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