#8C242F#8C242F

#8C242F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C242F
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 44.06, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 48.18, 23.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1306 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.139 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9604, 7.0442, 3.4186)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C242F #248C81

analogous

#8C2463 #8C242F #8C4D24

triadic

#8C242F #2F8C24 #242F8C

tetradic

#8C242F #638C24 #248C81 #4D248C

square

#8C242F #638C24 #248C81 #4D248C

split-complementary

#8C242F #248C4D #24638C

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5B171F #8C242F #BD313F #D45764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8C242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C242F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C242F	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46767',
    500: '#8c242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c242f;
$custom-light: #b46767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.654,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43012,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C242F

secondary

#54B8AD

accent

#E2D246

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C242F

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

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