#8C243D#8C243D

#8C243D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C243D
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 61)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 56.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 45.06, 10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 46.33, 13.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.1364 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.139 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2895, 7.1758, 5.1519)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C243D #248C73

analogous

#8C2471 #8C243D #8C3F24

triadic

#8C243D #3D8C24 #243D8C

tetradic

#8C243D #718C24 #248C73 #3F248C

square

#8C243D #718C24 #248C73 #3F248C

split-complementary

#8C243D #248C3F #24718C

monochromatic

#2B0B13 #5B1728 #8C243D #BD3152 #D45775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8C243D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C243D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C243D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C243D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C243D	1.00	8.62	2.43	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59533A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99092E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c243d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36772',
    500: '#8c243d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c243d;
$custom-light: #b36772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c243d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.577,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43329,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C243D

secondary

#54B8A0

accent

#E2BD46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C243D

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

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