#8D252E#8D252E

#8D252E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D252E
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 43.95, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 48.53, 25.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1299 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.139 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1405, 7.1849, 3.3318)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D252E #258D84

analogous

#8D2562 #8D252E #8D5025

triadic

#8D252E #2E8D25 #252E8D

tetradic

#8D252E #628D25 #258D84 #50258D

square

#8D252E #628D25 #258D84 #50258D

split-complementary

#8D252E #258D50 #25628D

monochromatic

#2C0C0E #5D181E #8D252E #BD323E #D35964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8D252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D252E

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D252E	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56866',
    500: '#8d252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d252e;
$custom-light: #b56866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.808,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43278,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D252E

secondary

#56B8B0

accent

#E2D446

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D252E

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

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