#8D252C#8D252C

#8D252C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.139 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D252C
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 43.83, 21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 48.96, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.1291 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.139 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1020, 7.1695, 3.1290)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D252C #258D86

analogous

#8D2560 #8D252C #8D5225

triadic

#8D252C #2C8D25 #252C8D

tetradic

#8D252C #608D25 #258D86 #52258D

square

#8D252C #608D25 #258D86 #52258D

split-complementary

#8D252C #258D52 #25608D

monochromatic

#2C0C0E #5D181D #8D252C #BD323B #D35961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8D252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D252C

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D252C	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)

#423E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.139 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56865',
    500: '#8d252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d252c;
$custom-light: #b56865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.962,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43241,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D252C

secondary

#56B8B1

accent

#E2D746

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D252C

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

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