#8B251B#8B251B

#8B251B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B251B
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 42.35, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 52.73, 36.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.1209 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.139 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5082, 6.8930, 1.7612)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B251B #1B818B

analogous

#8B1B49 #8B251B #8B5D1B

triadic

#8B251B #1B8B25 #251B8B

tetradic

#8B251B #498B1B #1B818B #5D1B8B

square

#8B251B #498B1B #1B818B #5D1B8B

split-complementary

#8B251B #1B8B5D #1B498B

monochromatic

#250A07 #581711 #8B251B #BE3325 #DB5345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8B251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B251B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B251B	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)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56758',
    500: '#8b251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b251b;
$custom-light: #b56758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.357,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42626,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B251B

secondary

#45B2BC

accent

#DBEA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B251B

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

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