#88252B#88252B

#88252B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.134 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88252B
RGB	rgb(136, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 68.4%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 42.10, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 47.05, 26.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.124 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.134 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2521, 6.7334, 2.9922)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88252B #258882

analogous

#88255D #88252B #885125

triadic

#88252B #2B8825 #252B88

tetradic

#88252B #5D8825 #258882 #512588

square

#88252B #5D8825 #258882 #512588

split-complementary

#88252B #258851 #255D88

monochromatic

#280B0D #58181C #88252B #B8323A #D1565E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#88252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#88252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #88252B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##88252B	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.134 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16764',
    500: '#88252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88252b;
$custom-light: #b16764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42313,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88252B

secondary

#53B6B0

accent

#E0D747

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #88252B

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

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