#8F242A#8F242A

#8F242A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F242A
RGB	rgb(143, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 70.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 44.75, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 50.53, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1313 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.142 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3778, 7.2704, 2.9416)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F242A #248F89

analogous

#8F245F #8F242A #8F5424

triadic

#8F242A #2A8F24 #242A8F

tetradic

#8F242A #5F8F24 #248F89 #54248F

square

#8F242A #5F8F24 #248F89 #54248F

split-complementary

#8F242A #248F54 #245F8F

monochromatic

#2D0B0D #5E181C #8F242A #C03038 #D5585F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8F242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8F242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F242A

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F242A	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76763',
    500: '#8f242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f242a;
$custom-light: #b76763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.636,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4347,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F242A

secondary

#55B9B4

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F242A

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

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