#8A252A#8A252A

#8A252A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A252A
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 42.71, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 48.14, 27.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1255 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.136 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5620, 6.8953, 2.9122)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A252A #258A85

analogous

#8A255D #8A252A #8A5325

triadic

#8A252A #2A8A25 #252A8A

tetradic

#8A252A #5D8A25 #258A85 #53258A

square

#8A252A #5D8A25 #258A85 #53258A

split-complementary

#8A252A #258A53 #255D8A

monochromatic

#290B0D #5A181B #8A252A #BA3239 #D2575D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8A252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A252A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A252A	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36763',
    500: '#8a252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a252a;
$custom-light: #b36763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.03,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42659,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A252A

secondary

#54B7B2

accent

#E1D947

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A252A

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

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