#8A252E#8A252E

#8A252E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.135 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A252E
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 42.95, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 47.26, 24.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.1271 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.135 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6372, 6.9254, 3.3082)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A252E #258A81

analogous

#8A2561 #8A252E #8A4E25

triadic

#8A252E #2E8A25 #252E8A

tetradic

#8A252E #618A25 #258A81 #4E258A

square

#8A252E #618A25 #258A81 #4E258A

split-complementary

#8A252E #258A4E #25618A

monochromatic

#290B0E #5A181E #8A252E #BA323E #D25762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8A252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8A252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A252E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A252E	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.135 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36766',
    500: '#8a252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a252e;
$custom-light: #b36766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.653,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42733,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A252E

secondary

#54B7AE

accent

#E1D347

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A252E

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

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