#8C242B#8C242B

#8C242B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.139 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C242B
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 43.82, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 49.03, 26.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.129 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.139 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8834, 7.0134, 3.0130)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C242B #248C85

analogous

#8C245F #8C242B #8C5124

triadic

#8C242B #2B8C24 #242B8C

tetradic

#8C242B #5F8C24 #248C85 #51248C

square

#8C242B #5F8C24 #248C85 #51248C

split-complementary

#8C242B #248C51 #245F8C

monochromatic

#2B0B0D #5B171C #8C242B #BD313A #D4575F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8C242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8C242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C242B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C242B	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.139 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56764',
    500: '#8c242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c242b;
$custom-light: #b56764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.962,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42938,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C242B

secondary

#54B8B1

accent

#E2D846

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C242B

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

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