#8E242A#8E242A

#8E242A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E242A
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 44.43, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 50.11, 27.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.1304 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.141 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2055, 7.1815, 2.9335)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E242A #248E88

analogous

#8E245F #8E242A #8E5324

triadic

#8E242A #2A8E24 #242A8E

tetradic

#8E242A #5F8E24 #248E88 #53248E

square

#8E242A #5F8E24 #248E88 #53248E

split-complementary

#8E242A #248E53 #245F8E

monochromatic

#2C0B0D #5D181C #8E242A #BF3038 #D5585F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8E242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E242A

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E242A	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66763',
    500: '#8e242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e242a;
$custom-light: #b66763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43287,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E242A

secondary

#55B9B3

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E242A

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

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