#8B253C#8B253C

#8B253C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B253C
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(346, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 56.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 44.28, 11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 45.69, 14.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.1338 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.137 12)
XYZ	xyz(12.1258, 7.1400, 5.0137)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B253C #258B74

analogous

#8B256F #8B253C #8B4125

triadic

#8B253C #3C8B25 #253C8B

tetradic

#8B253C #6F8B25 #258B74 #41258B

square

#8B253C #6F8B25 #258B74 #41258B

split-complementary

#8B253C #258B41 #256F8B

monochromatic

#2A0B12 #5B1827 #8B253C #BB3251 #D35874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8B253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B253C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B253C	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36871',
    500: '#8b253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b253c;
$custom-light: #b36871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.471,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43226,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.07138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B253C

secondary

#55B7A1

accent

#E1BE47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B253C

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

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