#8B243B#8B243B

#8B243B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.138 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B243B
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 59)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 57.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 44.58, 11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 46.10, 14.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1347 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.138 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0689, 7.0682, 4.8656)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B243B #248B74

analogous

#8B246F #8B243B #8B4124

triadic

#8B243B #3B8B24 #243B8B

tetradic

#8B243B #6F8B24 #248B74 #41248B

square

#8B243B #6F8B24 #248B74 #41248B

split-complementary

#8B243B #248B41 #246F8B

monochromatic

#2A0B12 #5A1726 #8B243B #BC3150 #D35672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8B243B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B243B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B243B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B243B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B243B	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98092D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b243b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.138 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36770',
    500: '#8b243b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b243b;
$custom-light: #b36770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b243b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.602,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43098,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B243B

secondary

#53B7A1

accent

#E2BF46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B243B

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

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