#8B2425#8B2425

#8B2425 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2425
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 37)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 43.17, 25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 50.08, 30.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1257 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.138 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6136, 6.8860, 2.4675)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2425 #248B8A

analogous

#8B2459 #8B2425 #8B5624

triadic

#8B2425 #258B24 #24258B

tetradic

#8B2425 #598B24 #248B8A #56248B

square

#8B2425 #598B24 #248B8A #56248B

split-complementary

#8B2425 #248B56 #24598B

monochromatic

#2A0B0B #5A1718 #8B2425 #BC3132 #D35657

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B2425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2425 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2425

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2425	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675f',
    500: '#8b2425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2425;
$custom-light: #b4675f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.417,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42654,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2425

secondary

#53B7B7

accent

#E2E146

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2425

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

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