#8D242F#8D242F

#8D242F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.140 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D242F
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 66.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 44.39, 19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 48.60, 24.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1315 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.14 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1298, 7.1315, 3.4266)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D242F #248D82

analogous

#8D2464 #8D242F #8D4D24

triadic

#8D242F #2F8D24 #242F8D

tetradic

#8D242F #648D24 #248D82 #4D248D

square

#8D242F #648D24 #248D82 #4D248D

split-complementary

#8D242F #248D4D #24648D

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5C181F #8D242F #BE303F #D45764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8D242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D242F

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D242F	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.140 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56767',
    500: '#8d242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d242f;
$custom-light: #b56767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43195,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D242F

secondary

#54B8AE

accent

#E3D245

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D242F

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

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