#8D243C#8D243C

#8D243C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D243C
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 57.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 45.30, 11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 46.78, 14.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1369 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.14 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4322, 7.2525, 5.0193)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D243C #248D75

analogous

#8D2470 #8D243C #8D4124

triadic

#8D243C #3C8D24 #243C8D

tetradic

#8D243C #708D24 #248D75 #41248D

square

#8D243C #708D24 #248D75 #41248D

split-complementary

#8D243C #248D41 #24708D

monochromatic

#2B0B13 #5C1827 #8D243C #BE3051 #D45774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8D243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D243C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D243C	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A072E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46871',
    500: '#8d243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d243c;
$custom-light: #b46871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43483,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D243C

secondary

#54B8A2

accent

#E3BF45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D243C

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

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