#8F242B#8F242B

#8F242B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F242B
RGB	rgb(143, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 69.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 44.81, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 50.30, 27.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.1317 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.142 22)
XYZ	xyz(12.3960, 7.2777, 3.0370)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F242B #248F88

analogous

#8F2460 #8F242B #8F5324

triadic

#8F242B #2B8F24 #242B8F

tetradic

#8F242B #608F24 #248F88 #53248F

square

#8F242B #608F24 #248F88 #53248F

split-complementary

#8F242B #248F53 #24608F

monochromatic

#2D0B0E #5E181C #8F242B #C0303A #D55861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8F242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8F242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F242B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F242B	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76764',
    500: '#8f242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f242b;
$custom-light: #b76764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.075,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43487,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.07276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F242B

secondary

#55B9B3

accent

#E3D945

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F242B

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

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