#85252C#85252C

#85252C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.130 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85252C
RGB	rgb(133, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 66.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 41.14, 19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 45.54, 25.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.1216 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.13 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7902, 6.4931, 3.0675)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85252C #25857E

analogous

#85255C #85252C #854E25

triadic

#85252C #2C8525 #252C85

tetradic

#85252C #5C8525 #25857E #4E2585

square

#85252C #5C8525 #25857E #4E2585

split-complementary

#85252C #25854E #255C85

monochromatic

#250A0C #55181C #85252C #B5323C #D0555E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#85252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#85252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85252C

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85252C	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)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#920828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.130 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6765',
    500: '#85252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85252c;
$custom-light: #af6765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.625,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41787,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85252C

secondary

#52B4AD

accent

#E0D548

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #85252C

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

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