#8E243D#8E243D

#8E243D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.141 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E243D
RGB	rgb(142, 36, 61)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.59, 45.69, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.59, 47.08, 13.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.1382 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.141 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6297, 7.3512, 5.1679)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E243D #248E75

analogous

#8E2472 #8E243D #8E4024

triadic

#8E243D #3D8E24 #243D8E

tetradic

#8E243D #728E24 #248E75 #40248E

square

#8E243D #728E24 #248E75 #40248E

split-complementary

#8E243D #248E40 #24728E

monochromatic

#2C0B13 #5D1828 #8E243D #BF3052 #D55875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8E243D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8E243D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E243D

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E243D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E243D	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B072E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e243d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 36, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.141 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56872',
    500: '#8e243d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e243d;
$custom-light: #b56872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e243d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.849,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43689,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E243D

secondary

#55B9A1

accent

#E3BE45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E243D

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

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