#8D253C#8D253C

#8D253C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.139 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D253C
RGB	rgb(141, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 57.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 44.92, 11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 46.46, 14.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.1357 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.139 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4629, 7.3138, 5.0295)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D253C #258D76

analogous

#8D2570 #8D253C #8D4225

triadic

#8D253C #3C8D25 #253C8D

tetradic

#8D253C #708D25 #258D76 #42258D

square

#8D253C #708D25 #258D76 #42258D

split-complementary

#8D253C #258D42 #25708D

monochromatic

#2C0C13 #5D1827 #8D253C #BD3251 #D35974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8D253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8D253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D253C

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D253C	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.139 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46871',
    500: '#8d253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d253c;
$custom-light: #b46871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.731,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43584,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D253C

secondary

#56B8A2

accent

#E2BF46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D253C

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

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