#8E242F#8E242F

#8E242F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.141 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E242F
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 44.71, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 49.02, 24.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.1324 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.141 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3006, 7.2196, 3.4346)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E242F #248E83

analogous

#8E2464 #8E242F #8E4E24

triadic

#8E242F #2F8E24 #242F8E

tetradic

#8E242F #648E24 #248E83 #4E248E

square

#8E242F #648E24 #248E83 #4E248E

split-complementary

#8E242F #248E4E #24648E

monochromatic

#2C0B0F #5D181F #8E242F #BF303F #D55865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8E242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8E242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E242F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E242F	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.141 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66767',
    500: '#8e242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e242f;
$custom-light: #b66767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.774,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43377,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E242F

secondary

#55B9AF

accent

#E3D245

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E242F

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

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