#8D243D#8D243D

#8D243D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D243D
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 61)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 56.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 45.38, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 46.71, 13.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1373 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.14 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4589, 7.2631, 5.1598)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D243D #248D74

analogous

#8D2472 #8D243D #8D3F24

triadic

#8D243D #3D8D24 #243D8D

tetradic

#8D243D #728D24 #248D74 #3F248D

square

#8D243D #728D24 #248D74 #3F248D

split-complementary

#8D243D #248D3F #24728D

monochromatic

#2B0B13 #5C1828 #8D243D #BE3052 #D45775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8D243D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D243D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D243D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D243D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D243D	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A082E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d243d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46872',
    500: '#8d243d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d243d;
$custom-light: #b46872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d243d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43508,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D243D

secondary

#54B8A1

accent

#E3BD45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D243D

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

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