#8B251E#8B251E

#8B251E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B251E
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 42.47, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 51.82, 34.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1219 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.138 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5447, 6.9076, 1.9535)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B251E #1E848B

analogous

#8B1E4D #8B251E #8B5B1E

triadic

#8B251E #1E8B25 #251E8B

tetradic

#8B251E #4D8B1E #1E848B #5B1E8B

square

#8B251E #4D8B1E #1E848B #5B1E8B

split-complementary

#8B251E #1E8B5B #1E4D8B

monochromatic

#260A08 #591813 #8B251E #BD3229 #D8544B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B251E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B251E	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)

#433C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5675a',
    500: '#8b251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b251e;
$custom-light: #b5675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.853,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42662,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B251E

secondary

#4AB3BB

accent

#DDE740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B251E

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

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