#8D252F#8D252F

#8D252F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.139 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D252F
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 66.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 44.01, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 48.32, 24.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.1303 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.139 20)
XYZ	xyz(12.1604, 7.1929, 3.4368)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D252F #258D83

analogous

#8D2563 #8D252F #8D4F25

triadic

#8D252F #2F8D25 #252F8D

tetradic

#8D252F #638D25 #258D83 #4F258D

square

#8D252F #638D25 #258D83 #4F258D

split-complementary

#8D252F #258D4F #25638D

monochromatic

#2C0C0F #5D181F #8D252F #BD323F #D35965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8D252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8D252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D252F

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D252F	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B022A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.139 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56867',
    500: '#8d252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d252f;
$custom-light: #b56867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.231,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43297,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.07191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D252F

secondary

#56B8AF

accent

#E2D346

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D252F

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

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