#8D253B#8D253B

#8D253B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D253B
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 58.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, 44.84, 12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 46.55, 15.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.1353 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.139 13)
XYZ	xyz(12.4367, 7.3034, 4.8916)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D253B #258D77

analogous

#8D256F #8D253B #8D4325

triadic

#8D253B #3B8D25 #253B8D

tetradic

#8D253B #6F8D25 #258D77 #43258D

square

#8D253B #6F8D25 #258D77 #43258D

split-complementary

#8D253B #258D43 #256F8D

monochromatic

#2C0C12 #5D1827 #8D253B #BD324F #D35973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8D253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D253B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D253B	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)

#403F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A092E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46870',
    500: '#8d253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d253b;
$custom-light: #b46870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.308,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43559,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.07302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D253B

secondary

#56B8A3

accent

#E2C146

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D253B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →