#8D242B#8D242B

#8D242B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D242B
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 44.15, 22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 49.45, 26.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.1299 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.14 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0527, 7.1007, 3.0210)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D242B #248D86

analogous

#8D2460 #8D242B #8D5224

triadic

#8D242B #2B8D24 #242B8D

tetradic

#8D242B #608D24 #248D86 #52248D

square

#8D242B #608D24 #248D86 #52248D

split-complementary

#8D242B #248D52 #24608D

monochromatic

#2B0B0D #5C181C #8D242B #BE303A #D45760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8D242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D242B

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D242B	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)

#423D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56764',
    500: '#8d242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d242b;
$custom-light: #b56764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43121,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D242B

secondary

#54B8B2

accent

#E3D845

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D242B

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

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