#8D2525#8D2525

#8D2525 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2525
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 37)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 73.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 43.46, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 50.69, 30.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1263 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.14 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9813, 7.1212, 2.4936)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2525 #258D8D

analogous

#8D2559 #8D2525 #8D5925

triadic

#8D2525 #258D25 #25258D

tetradic

#8D2525 #598D25 #258D8D #59258D

square

#8D2525 #598D25 #258D8D #59258D

split-complementary

#8D2525 #258D59 #25598D

monochromatic

#2C0C0C #5D1818 #8D2525 #BD3232 #D35959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8D2525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8D2525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2525

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2525	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6685f',
    500: '#8d2525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2525;
$custom-light: #b6685f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43126,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2525

secondary

#56B8B8

accent

#E2E246

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2525

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

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