#8B2125#8B2125

#8B2125 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2125
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 37)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 44.29, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 50.81, 29.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1292 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.141 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5266, 6.7120, 2.4385)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2125 #218B87

analogous

#8B215A #8B2125 #8B5221

triadic

#8B2125 #258B21 #21258B

tetradic

#8B2125 #5A8B21 #218B87 #52218B

square

#8B2125 #5A8B21 #218B87 #52218B

split-complementary

#8B2125 #218B52 #215A8B

monochromatic

#280A0B #5A1518 #8B2125 #BC2D32 #D65156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8B2125 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2125 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2125

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2125	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2125	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2125;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655f',
    500: '#8b2125',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2125;
$custom-light: #b4655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2125",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.736,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42353,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2125

secondary

#4FB9B5

accent

#E5DF43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2125

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

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