#8D252B#8D252B

#8D252B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.139 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D252B
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 43.77, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 49.19, 27.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1286 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.139 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0834, 7.1621, 3.0312)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D252B #258D87

analogous

#8D255F #8D252B #8D5325

triadic

#8D252B #2B8D25 #252B8D

tetradic

#8D252B #5F8D25 #258D87 #53258D

square

#8D252B #5F8D25 #258D87 #53258D

split-complementary

#8D252B #258D53 #255F8D

monochromatic

#2C0C0D #5D181C #8D252B #BD323A #D35960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8D252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D252B

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D252B	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.139 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56864',
    500: '#8d252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d252b;
$custom-light: #b56864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.538,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43224,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D252B

secondary

#56B8B2

accent

#E2D946

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D252B

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

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