#8D253A#8D253A

#8D253A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.139 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D253A
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 58)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 58.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 44.76, 13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 46.65, 16.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1348 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.139 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4110, 7.2931, 4.7563)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D253A #258D78

analogous

#8D256E #8D253A #8D4425

triadic

#8D253A #3A8D25 #253A8D

tetradic

#8D253A #6E8D25 #258D78 #44258D

square

#8D253A #6E8D25 #258D78 #44258D

split-complementary

#8D253A #258D44 #256E8D

monochromatic

#2C0C12 #5D1826 #8D253A #BD324E #D35972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8D253A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D253A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D253A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D253A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D253A	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A092E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d253a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.139 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4686f',
    500: '#8d253a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d253a;
$custom-light: #b4686f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d253a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.885,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43535,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D253A

secondary

#56B8A4

accent

#E2C246

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D253A

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

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