#8B243C#8B243C

#8B243C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.138 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B243C
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 56.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 44.66, 11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 46.02, 13.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.1351 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.138 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0951, 7.0786, 5.0035)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B243C #248B73

analogous

#8B2470 #8B243C #8B3F24

triadic

#8B243C #3C8B24 #243C8B

tetradic

#8B243C #708B24 #248B73 #3F248B

square

#8B243C #708B24 #248B73 #3F248B

split-complementary

#8B243C #248B3F #24708B

monochromatic

#2A0B12 #5A1727 #8B243C #BC3151 #D35673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8B243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B243C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B243C	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98092E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.138 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36771',
    500: '#8b243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b243c;
$custom-light: #b36771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.019,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43123,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B243C

secondary

#53B7A0

accent

#E2BE46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B243C

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

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