#8A252C#8A252C

#8A252C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A252C
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 42.83, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 47.68, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1263 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.136 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5987, 6.9100, 3.1054)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A252C #258A83

analogous

#8A255F #8A252C #8A5125

triadic

#8A252C #2C8A25 #252C8A

tetradic

#8A252C #5F8A25 #258A83 #51258A

square

#8A252C #5F8A25 #258A83 #51258A

split-complementary

#8A252C #258A51 #255F8A

monochromatic

#290B0D #5A181D #8A252C #BA323B #D25760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8A252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A252C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A252C	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36765',
    500: '#8a252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a252c;
$custom-light: #b36765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.842,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42695,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A252C

secondary

#54B7B0

accent

#E1D647

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A252C

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

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