#8D251B#8D251B

#8D251B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D251B
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 43.03, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 53.60, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.1228 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.141 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8453, 7.0668, 1.7770)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D251B #1B838D

analogous

#8D1B4A #8D251B #8D5E1B

triadic

#8D251B #1B8D25 #251B8D

tetradic

#8D251B #4A8D1B #1B838D #5E1B8D

square

#8D251B #4A8D1B #1B838D #5E1B8D

split-complementary

#8D251B #1B8D5E #1B4A8D

monochromatic

#260A07 #5A1811 #8D251B #C03225 #DC5447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8D251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8D251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D251B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D251B	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66758',
    500: '#8d251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d251b;
$custom-light: #b66758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.263,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42995,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D251B

secondary

#46B3BD

accent

#DBEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D251B

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

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