#8D252D#8D252D

#8D252D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D252D
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 43.89, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 48.74, 25.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.1295 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.139 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1210, 7.1771, 3.2292)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D252D #258D85

analogous

#8D2561 #8D252D #8D5125

triadic

#8D252D #2D8D25 #252D8D

tetradic

#8D252D #618D25 #258D85 #51258D

square

#8D252D #618D25 #258D85 #51258D

split-complementary

#8D252D #258D51 #25618D

monochromatic

#2C0C0E #5D181E #8D252D #BD323C #D35962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8D252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8D252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D252D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D252D	1.00	8.62	2.43	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56865',
    500: '#8d252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d252d;
$custom-light: #b56865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43259,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D252D

secondary

#56B8B0

accent

#E2D646

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D252D

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

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