#8D242A#8D242A

#8D242A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D242A
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 44.10, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 49.68, 27.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1295 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.14 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0346, 7.0934, 2.9255)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D242A #248D87

analogous

#8D245F #8D242A #8D5224

triadic

#8D242A #2A8D24 #242A8D

tetradic

#8D242A #5F8D24 #248D87 #52248D

square

#8D242A #5F8D24 #248D87 #52248D

split-complementary

#8D242A #248D52 #245F8D

monochromatic

#2B0B0D #5C181B #8D242A #BE3039 #D4575E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8D242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D242A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D242A	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56763',
    500: '#8d242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d242a;
$custom-light: #b56763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43103,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D242A

secondary

#54B8B3

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D242A

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

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