#8A253E#8A253E

#8A253E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.136 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A253E
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(345, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 44.12, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 45.18, 12.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1338 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.136 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0134, 7.0759, 5.2897)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A253E #258A71

analogous

#8A2570 #8A253E #8A3F25

triadic

#8A253E #3E8A25 #253E8A

tetradic

#8A253E #708A25 #258A71 #3F258A

square

#8A253E #708A25 #258A71 #3F258A

split-complementary

#8A253E #258A3F #25708A

monochromatic

#290B13 #5A1828 #8A253E #BA3254 #D25776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8A253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A253E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A253E	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58533C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.136 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26873',
    500: '#8a253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a253e;
$custom-light: #b26873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.149,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43099,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A253E

secondary

#54B79E

accent

#E1BB47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A253E

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

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