#8B253A#8B253A

#8B253A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B253A
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 58)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 44.12, 12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 45.86, 15.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.133 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.137 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0739, 7.1193, 4.7405)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B253A #258B76

analogous

#8B256D #8B253A #8B4325

triadic

#8B253A #3A8B25 #253A8B

tetradic

#8B253A #6D8B25 #258B76 #43258B

square

#8B253A #6D8B25 #258B76 #43258B

split-complementary

#8B253A #258B43 #256D8B

monochromatic

#2A0B12 #5B1826 #8B253A #BB324E #D35871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8B253A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B253A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B253A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B253A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B253A	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b253a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3686f',
    500: '#8b253a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b253a;
$custom-light: #b3686f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b253a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.647,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43176,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B253A

secondary

#55B7A3

accent

#E1C147

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B253A

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

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