#8C252E#8C252E

#8C252E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.138 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C252E
RGB	rgb(140, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 43.61, 20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 48.11, 24.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.129 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.138 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9712, 7.0976, 3.3239)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C252E #258C83

analogous

#8C2562 #8C252E #8C4F25

triadic

#8C252E #2E8C25 #252E8C

tetradic

#8C252E #628C25 #258C83 #4F258C

square

#8C252E #628C25 #258C83 #4F258C

split-complementary

#8C252E #258C4F #25628C

monochromatic

#2B0B0E #5C181E #8C252E #BC323E #D35863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8C252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8C252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C252E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C252E	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.138 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46866',
    500: '#8c252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c252e;
$custom-light: #b46866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.757,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43096,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C252E

secondary

#55B8AF

accent

#E1D446

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C252E

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