#8F242F#8F242F

#8F242F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.142 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F242F
RGB	rgb(143, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 67.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 45.04, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 49.43, 24.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.1333 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.142 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4730, 7.3085, 3.4427)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F242F #248F84

analogous

#8F2464 #8F242F #8F4F24

triadic

#8F242F #2F8F24 #242F8F

tetradic

#8F242F #648F24 #248F84 #4F248F

square

#8F242F #648F24 #248F84 #4F248F

split-complementary

#8F242F #248F4F #24648F

monochromatic

#2D0B0F #5E181F #8F242F #C0303F #D55865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8F242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8F242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F242F

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F242F	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.142 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76867',
    500: '#8f242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f242f;
$custom-light: #b76867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.832,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4356,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F242F

secondary

#55B9AF

accent

#E3D345

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F242F

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

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