#8D252A#8D252A

#8D252A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.139 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D252A
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 70.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 43.71, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 49.42, 27.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1283 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.139 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0653, 7.1548, 2.9358)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D252A #258D88

analogous

#8D255E #8D252A #8D5425

triadic

#8D252A #2A8D25 #252A8D

tetradic

#8D252A #5E8D25 #258D88 #54258D

square

#8D252A #5E8D25 #258D88 #54258D

split-complementary

#8D252A #258D54 #255E8D

monochromatic

#2C0C0D #5D181C #8D252A #BD3238 #D3595F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8D252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D252A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D252A	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)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.139 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56863',
    500: '#8d252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d252a;
$custom-light: #b56863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.115,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43206,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D252A

secondary

#56B8B3

accent

#E2DA46

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D252A

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

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