#8D243A#8D243A

#8D243A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.140 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D243A
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 58)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 58.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 45.14, 12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 46.96, 15.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% 0.1361 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.14 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3803, 7.2317, 4.7461)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D243A #248D77

analogous

#8D246E #8D243A #8D4324

triadic

#8D243A #3A8D24 #243A8D

tetradic

#8D243A #6E8D24 #248D77 #43248D

square

#8D243A #6E8D24 #248D77 #43248D

split-complementary

#8D243A #248D43 #246E8D

monochromatic

#2B0B12 #5C1826 #8D243A #BE304E #D45771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8D243A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D243A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D243A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D243A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D243A	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B062D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d243a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.140 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4686f',
    500: '#8d243a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d243a;
$custom-light: #b4686f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d243a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43434,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D243A

secondary

#54B8A3

accent

#E3C245

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D243A

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

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