#8B252D#8B252D

#8B252D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B252D
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 43.22, 20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 47.89, 25.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1276 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.137 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7839, 7.0033, 3.2134)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B252D #258B83

analogous

#8B2560 #8B252D #8B5025

triadic

#8B252D #2D8B25 #252D8B

tetradic

#8B252D #608B25 #258B83 #50258B

square

#8B252D #608B25 #258B83 #50258B

split-complementary

#8B252D #258B50 #25608B

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5B181D #8B252D #BB323D #D35862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8B252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B252D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B252D	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46765',
    500: '#8b252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b252d;
$custom-light: #b46765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42896,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B252D

secondary

#55B7AF

accent

#E1D547

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B252D

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

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