#8B253D#8B253D

#8B253D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.137 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B253D
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(346, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 56.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 44.36, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 45.62, 13.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1343 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.137 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1525, 7.1507, 5.1543)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B253D #258B73

analogous

#8B2570 #8B253D #8B4025

triadic

#8B253D #3D8B25 #253D8B

tetradic

#8B253D #708B25 #258B73 #40258B

square

#8B253D #708B25 #258B73 #40258B

split-complementary

#8B253D #258B40 #25708B

monochromatic

#2A0B13 #5B1828 #8B253D #BB3252 #D35875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8B253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B253D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B253D	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59533A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.137 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26872',
    500: '#8b253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b253d;
$custom-light: #b26872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43251,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B253D

secondary

#55B7A0

accent

#E1BD47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B253D

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

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