#8D243B#8D243B

#8D243B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D243B
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 59)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 58.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 45.22, 12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 46.87, 15.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1365 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.14 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4060, 7.2420, 4.8814)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D243B #248D76

analogous

#8D2470 #8D243B #8D4124

triadic

#8D243B #3B8D24 #243B8D

tetradic

#8D243B #708D24 #248D76 #41248D

square

#8D243B #708D24 #248D76 #41248D

split-complementary

#8D243B #248D41 #24708D

monochromatic

#2B0B12 #5C1827 #8D243B #BE304F #D45773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8D243B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D243B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D243B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D243B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D243B	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A072D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d243b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46870',
    500: '#8d243b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d243b;
$custom-light: #b46870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d243b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43458,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D243B

secondary

#54B8A3

accent

#E3C045

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D243B

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

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