#8B251A#8B251A

#8B251A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B251A
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 42.31, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 53.04, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1206 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.139 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.4968, 6.8885, 1.7013)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B251A #1A808B

analogous

#8B1A47 #8B251A #8B5E1A

triadic

#8B251A #1A8B25 #251A8B

tetradic

#8B251A #478B1A #1A808B #5E1A8B

square

#8B251A #478B1A #1A808B #5E1A8B

split-complementary

#8B251A #1A8B5E #1A478B

monochromatic

#240A07 #571710 #8B251A #BF3324 #DC5243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8B251A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B251A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B251A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B251A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B251A	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b251a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56757',
    500: '#8b251a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b251a;
$custom-light: #b56757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b251a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.841,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42615,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B251A

secondary

#44B1BD

accent

#DAEB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B251A

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

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