#8B252E#8B252E

#8B252E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B252E
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 43.28, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 47.68, 24.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.128 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.137 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8034, 7.0111, 3.3160)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B252E #258B82

analogous

#8B2561 #8B252E #8B4F25

triadic

#8B252E #2E8B25 #252E8B

tetradic

#8B252E #618B25 #258B82 #4F258B

square

#8B252E #618B25 #258B82 #4F258B

split-complementary

#8B252E #258B4F #25618B

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5B181E #8B252E #BB323E #D35863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8B252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B252E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B252E	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46766',
    500: '#8b252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b252e;
$custom-light: #b46766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42914,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B252E

secondary

#55B7AE

accent

#E1D447

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B252E

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

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