#8B251D#8B251D

#8B251D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B251D
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 42.43, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 52.12, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1215 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.139 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5321, 6.9026, 1.8873)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B251D #1D838B

analogous

#8B1D4C #8B251D #8B5C1D

triadic

#8B251D #1D8B25 #251D8B

tetradic

#8B251D #4C8B1D #1D838B #5C1D8B

square

#8B251D #4C8B1D #1D838B #5C1D8B

split-complementary

#8B251D #1D8B5C #1D4C8B

monochromatic

#260A08 #581812 #8B251D #BE3228 #D95449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B251D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B251D	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5675a',
    500: '#8b251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b251d;
$custom-light: #b5675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4265,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B251D

secondary

#49B3BB

accent

#DCE83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B251D

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

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