#8B252A#8B252A

#8B252A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B252A
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 43.05, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 48.57, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1264 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.137 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7282, 6.9810, 2.9199)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B252A #258B86

analogous

#8B255D #8B252A #8B5325

triadic

#8B252A #2A8B25 #252A8B

tetradic

#8B252A #5D8B25 #258B86 #53258B

square

#8B252A #5D8B25 #258B86 #53258B

split-complementary

#8B252A #258B53 #255D8B

monochromatic

#2A0B0D #5B181B #8B252A #BB3239 #D3585E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8B252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B252A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B252A	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990128

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46763',
    500: '#8b252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b252a;
$custom-light: #b46763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.059,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42841,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B252A

secondary

#55B7B2

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B252A

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

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