#8D251E#8D251E

#8D251E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D251E
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 78.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 43.15, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 52.69, 35.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1238 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.141 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8818, 7.0814, 1.9693)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D251E #1E868D

analogous

#8D1E4E #8D251E #8D5C1E

triadic

#8D251E #1E8D25 #251E8D

tetradic

#8D251E #4E8D1E #1E868D #5C1E8D

square

#8D251E #4E8D1E #1E868D #5C1E8D

split-complementary

#8D251E #1E8D5C #1E4E8D

monochromatic

#280B09 #5B1813 #8D251E #BF3229 #D9554C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8D251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D251E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D251E	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675a',
    500: '#8d251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d251e;
$custom-light: #b6675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.784,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4303,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D251E

secondary

#4BB4BC

accent

#DDE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D251E

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

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