#8B252B#8B252B

#8B252B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B252B
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 43.10, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 48.33, 26.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1268 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.137 22)
XYZ	xyz(11.7463, 6.9883, 3.0154)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B252B #258B85

analogous

#8B255E #8B252B #8B5225

triadic

#8B252B #2B8B25 #252B8B

tetradic

#8B252B #5E8B25 #258B85 #52258B

square

#8B252B #5E8B25 #258B85 #52258B

split-complementary

#8B252B #258B52 #255E8B

monochromatic

#2A0B0D #5B181C #8B252B #BB323A #D3585F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8B252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B252B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B252B	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46764',
    500: '#8b252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b252b;
$custom-light: #b46764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42859,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.06987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B252B

secondary

#55B7B1

accent

#E1D847

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B252B

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

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