#8B253B#8B253B

#8B253B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B253B
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 57.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 44.20, 11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 45.77, 15.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1334 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.137 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0996, 7.1296, 4.8758)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B253B #258B75

analogous

#8B256E #8B253B #8B4225

triadic

#8B253B #3B8B25 #253B8B

tetradic

#8B253B #6E8B25 #258B75 #42258B

square

#8B253B #6E8B25 #258B75 #42258B

split-complementary

#8B253B #258B42 #256E8B

monochromatic

#2A0B12 #5B1826 #8B253B #BB3250 #D35872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8B253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B253B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B253B	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36870',
    500: '#8b253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b253b;
$custom-light: #b36870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.059,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.432,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B253B

secondary

#55B7A2

accent

#E1C047

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B253B

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

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