#8B252F#8B252F

#8B252F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B252F
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 43.34, 19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 47.48, 24.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1284 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.137 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8234, 7.0191, 3.4210)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B252F #258B81

analogous

#8B2562 #8B252F #8B4E25

triadic

#8B252F #2F8B25 #252F8B

tetradic

#8B252F #628B25 #258B81 #4E258B

square

#8B252F #628B25 #258B81 #4E258B

split-complementary

#8B252F #258B4E #25628B

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5B181F #8B252F #BB323F #D35864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8B252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B252F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B252F	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)

#413D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36767',
    500: '#8b252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b252f;
$custom-light: #b36767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.118,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42934,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B252F

secondary

#55B7AD

accent

#E1D247

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B252F

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

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