#8F242C#8F242C

#8F242C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F242C
RGB	rgb(143, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 69.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 44.86, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 50.07, 26.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1321 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.142 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4145, 7.2851, 3.1349)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F242C #248F87

analogous

#8F2461 #8F242C #8F5124

triadic

#8F242C #2C8F24 #242C8F

tetradic

#8F242C #618F24 #248F87 #51248F

square

#8F242C #618F24 #248F87 #51248F

split-complementary

#8F242C #248F51 #24618F

monochromatic

#2D0B0E #5E181D #8F242C #C0303B #D55862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8F242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8F242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F242C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F242C	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)

#423E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76765',
    500: '#8f242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f242c;
$custom-light: #b76765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.514,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43505,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F242C

secondary

#55B9B2

accent

#E3D745

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130605

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F242C

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

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