#8B251C#8B251C

#8B251C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B251C
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 42.39, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 52.43, 36.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.1212 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.139 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5200, 6.8977, 1.8232)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B251C #1C828B

analogous

#8B1C4A #8B251C #8B5C1C

triadic

#8B251C #1C8B25 #251C8B

tetradic

#8B251C #4A8B1C #1C828B #5C1C8B

square

#8B251C #4A8B1C #1C828B #5C1C8B

split-complementary

#8B251C #1C8B5C #1C4A8B

monochromatic

#250A07 #581712 #8B251C #BE3326 #DA5347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8B251C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B251C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B251C

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B251C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B251C	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)

#433C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b251c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56759',
    500: '#8b251c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b251c;
$custom-light: #b56759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b251c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42638,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B251C

secondary

#47B2BC

accent

#DCE93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B251C

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

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