#8C242E#8C242E

#8C242E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C242E
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 44.00, 20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 48.38, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1302 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.139 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9405, 7.0362, 3.3136)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C242E #248C82

analogous

#8C2462 #8C242E #8C4E24

triadic

#8C242E #2E8C24 #242E8C

tetradic

#8C242E #628C24 #248C82 #4E248C

square

#8C242E #628C24 #248C82 #4E248C

split-complementary

#8C242E #248C4E #24628C

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5B171E #8C242E #BD313E #D45763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8C242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C242E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C242E	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46766',
    500: '#8c242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c242e;
$custom-light: #b46766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42993,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C242E

secondary

#54B8AE

accent

#E2D346

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C242E

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