#8B243D#8B243D

#8B243D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.138 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B243D
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 61)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 56.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 44.74, 10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 45.95, 13.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.1355 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.138 11)
XYZ	xyz(12.1218, 7.0893, 5.1440)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B243D #248B72

analogous

#8B2471 #8B243D #8B3F24

triadic

#8B243D #3D8B24 #243D8B

tetradic

#8B243D #718B24 #248B72 #3F248B

square

#8B243D #718B24 #248B72 #3F248B

split-complementary

#8B243D #248B3F #24718B

monochromatic

#2A0B12 #5A1728 #8B243D #BC3152 #D35675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8B243D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B243D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B243D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B243D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B243D	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)

#3E3E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59533A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b243d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.138 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26772',
    500: '#8b243d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b243d;
$custom-light: #b26772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b243d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.437,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43149,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.07088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B243D

secondary

#53B79F

accent

#E2BC46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B243D

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

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