#8D243E#8D243E

#8D243E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.140 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D243E
RGB	rgb(141, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 56%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 45.46, 10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 46.64, 12.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1377 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.14 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4860, 7.2740, 5.3030)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D243E #248D73

analogous

#8D2473 #8D243E #8D3F24

triadic

#8D243E #3E8D24 #243E8D

tetradic

#8D243E #738D24 #248D73 #3F248D

square

#8D243E #738D24 #248D73 #3F248D

split-complementary

#8D243E #248D3F #24738D

monochromatic

#2B0B13 #5C1829 #8D243E #BE3053 #D45776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8D243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8D243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D243E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D243E	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)

#3F3F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A092F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.140 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46873',
    500: '#8d243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d243e;
$custom-light: #b46873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43534,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D243E

secondary

#54B8A0

accent

#E3BC45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D243E

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

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