#8D242E#8D242E

#8D242E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.140 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D242E
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 44.33, 20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 48.80, 24.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.1311 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.14 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1098, 7.1235, 3.3216)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D242E #248D83

analogous

#8D2462 #8D242E #8D4F24

triadic

#8D242E #2E8D24 #242E8D

tetradic

#8D242E #628D24 #248D83 #4F248D

square

#8D242E #628D24 #248D83 #4F248D

split-complementary

#8D242E #248D4F #24628D

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5C181E #8D242E #BE303E #D45763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8D242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D242E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D242E	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.140 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56766',
    500: '#8d242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d242e;
$custom-light: #b56766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43176,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D242E

secondary

#54B8AF

accent

#E3D445

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D242E

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

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