#8D242D#8D242D

#8D242D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.140 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D242D
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 44.27, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 49.01, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% 0.1307 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.14 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0903, 7.1157, 3.2190)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D242D #248D84

analogous

#8D2462 #8D242D #8D5024

triadic

#8D242D #2D8D24 #242D8D

tetradic

#8D242D #628D24 #248D84 #50248D

square

#8D242D #628D24 #248D84 #50248D

split-complementary

#8D242D #248D50 #24628D

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5C181D #8D242D #BE303D #D45762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8D242D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D242D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D242D

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D242D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D242D	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d242d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.140 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56765',
    500: '#8d242d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d242d;
$custom-light: #b56765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d242d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43157,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D242D

secondary

#54B8B0

accent

#E3D545

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D242D

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

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