#8C243E#8C243E

#8C243E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.139 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C243E
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 55.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.23, 45.14, 10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.23, 46.27, 12.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.1368 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.139 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3167, 7.1867, 5.2951)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C243E #248C72

analogous

#8C2472 #8C243E #8C3E24

triadic

#8C243E #3E8C24 #243E8C

tetradic

#8C243E #728C24 #248C72 #3E248C

square

#8C243E #728C24 #248C72 #3E248C

split-complementary

#8C243E #248C3E #24728C

monochromatic

#2B0B13 #5B1728 #8C243E #BD3154 #D45776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8C243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8C243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C243E

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C243E	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59543B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.139 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36873',
    500: '#8c243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c243e;
$custom-light: #b36873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43354,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C243E

secondary

#54B89F

accent

#E2BB46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C243E

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

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