#8A271A#8A271A

#8A271A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A271A
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 81.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 41.16, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 52.15, 37.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1171 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.136 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3945, 6.9306, 1.7148)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A271A #1A7D8A

analogous

#8A1A45 #8A271A #8A5F1A

triadic

#8A271A #1A8A27 #271A8A

tetradic

#8A271A #458A1A #1A7D8A #5F1A8A

square

#8A271A #458A1A #1A7D8A #5F1A8A

split-complementary

#8A271A #1A8A5F #1A458A

monochromatic

#230A07 #571810 #8A271A #BD3624 #DC5543

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8A271A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A271A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A271A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A271A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A271A	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a271a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46858',
    500: '#8a271a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a271a;
$custom-light: #b46858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a271a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.964,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42652,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A271A

secondary

#43AFBD

accent

#D7EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A271A

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

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