#8E242D#8E242D

#8E242D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E242D
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 44.59, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 49.43, 25.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1316 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.141 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2612, 7.2038, 3.2270)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E242D #248E85

analogous

#8E2462 #8E242D #8E5024

triadic

#8E242D #2D8E24 #242D8E

tetradic

#8E242D #628E24 #248E85 #50248E

square

#8E242D #628E24 #248E85 #50248E

split-complementary

#8E242D #248E50 #24628E

monochromatic

#2C0B0E #5D181E #8E242D #BF303C #D55862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8E242D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E242D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E242D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E242D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E242D	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e242d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66765',
    500: '#8e242d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e242d;
$custom-light: #b66765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e242d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.906,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4334,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E242D

secondary

#55B9B0

accent

#E3D545

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E242D

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

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