#8C242C#8C242C

#8C242C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C242C
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 43.88, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 48.81, 25.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.1294 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.139 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9020, 7.0208, 3.1108)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C242C #248C84

analogous

#8C2460 #8C242C #8C5024

triadic

#8C242C #2C8C24 #242C8C

tetradic

#8C242C #608C24 #248C84 #50248C

square

#8C242C #608C24 #248C84 #50248C

split-complementary

#8C242C #248C50 #24608C

monochromatic

#2B0B0D #5B171D #8C242C #BD313B #D45760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8C242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8C242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C242C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C242C	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)

#413D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46765',
    500: '#8c242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c242c;
$custom-light: #b46765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42956,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C242C

secondary

#54B8B0

accent

#E2D646

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C242C

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

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