#85252B#85252B

#85252B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.130 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85252B
RGB	rgb(133, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 67.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 41.08, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 45.75, 26.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.1212 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.13 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7716, 6.4857, 2.9697)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85252B #25857F

analogous

#85255B #85252B #854F25

triadic

#85252B #2B8525 #252B85

tetradic

#85252B #5B8525 #25857F #4F2585

square

#85252B #5B8525 #25857F #4F2585

split-complementary

#85252B #25854F #255B85

monochromatic

#250A0C #55181C #85252B #B5323A #D0555C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#85252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#85252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85252B

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85252B	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.130 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6764',
    500: '#85252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85252b;
$custom-light: #af6764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41768,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85252B

secondary

#52B4AE

accent

#E0D648

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #85252B

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

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