#8B251F#8B251F

#8B251F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B251F
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 42.51, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 51.53, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.1222 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.138 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5577, 6.9128, 2.0218)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B251F #1F858B

analogous

#8B1F4F #8B251F #8B5B1F

triadic

#8B251F #1F8B25 #251F8B

tetradic

#8B251F #4F8B1F #1F858B #5B1F8B

square

#8B251F #4F8B1F #1F858B #5B1F8B

split-complementary

#8B251F #1F8B5B #1F4F8B

monochromatic

#270A09 #591814 #8B251F #BD322A #D7554D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B251F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B251F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B251F

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B251F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B251F	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)

#433C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b251f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5675b',
    500: '#8b251f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b251f;
$custom-light: #b5675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b251f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42675,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B251F

secondary

#4CB4BA

accent

#DDE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B251F

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

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