#8F252A#8F252A

#8F252A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.141 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F252A
RGB	rgb(143, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 70.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 44.38, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 50.27, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1301 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.141 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4085, 7.3318, 2.9518)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F252A #258F8A

analogous

#8F255F #8F252A #8F5525

triadic

#8F252A #2A8F25 #252A8F

tetradic

#8F252A #5F8F25 #258F8A #55258F

square

#8F252A #5F8F25 #258F8A #55258F

split-complementary

#8F252A #258F55 #255F8F

monochromatic

#2E0C0D #5E181C #8F252A #C03238 #D45A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8F252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8F252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F252A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F252A	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.141 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76863',
    500: '#8f252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f252a;
$custom-light: #b76863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.17,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43571,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F252A

secondary

#57B9B4

accent

#E2DB46

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#130705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F252A

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

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