#8F232A#8F232A

#8F232A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.143 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F232A
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 70.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 45.12, 23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 50.78, 27.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.1325 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.143 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3480, 7.2107, 2.9317)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F232A #238F88

analogous

#8F2360 #8F232A #8F5223

triadic

#8F232A #2A8F23 #232A8F

tetradic

#8F232A #608F23 #238F88 #52238F

square

#8F232A #608F23 #238F88 #52238F

split-complementary

#8F232A #238F52 #23608F

monochromatic

#2D0B0D #5E171C #8F232A #C02F38 #D6575F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8F232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8F232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F232A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F232A	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.143 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76763',
    500: '#8f232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f232a;
$custom-light: #b76763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43371,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F232A

secondary

#54BAB3

accent

#E4D944

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F232A

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

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