#8B2525#8B2525

#8B2525 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2525
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 37)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 42.78, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 49.83, 30.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.1244 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.137 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6443, 6.9474, 2.4778)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2525 #258B8B

analogous

#8B2558 #8B2525 #8B5825

triadic

#8B2525 #258B25 #25258B

tetradic

#8B2525 #588B25 #258B8B #58258B

square

#8B2525 #588B25 #258B8B #58258B

split-complementary

#8B2525 #258B58 #25588B

monochromatic

#2A0B0B #5B1818 #8B2525 #BB3232 #D35858

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8B2525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2525

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2525	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675f',
    500: '#8b2525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2525;
$custom-light: #b4675f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4276,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2525

secondary

#55B7B7

accent

#E1E147

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2525

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

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