#8A271B#8A271B

#8A271B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A271B
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 41.20, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 51.84, 37.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1174 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.136 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4059, 6.9352, 1.7747)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A271B #1B7E8A

analogous

#8A1B47 #8A271B #8A5E1B

triadic

#8A271B #1B8A27 #271B8A

tetradic

#8A271B #478A1B #1B7E8A #5E1B8A

square

#8A271B #478A1B #1B7E8A #5E1B8A

split-complementary

#8A271B #1B8A5E #1B478A

monochromatic

#240A07 #571911 #8A271B #BD3525 #DB5545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8A271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A271B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A271B	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)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46858',
    500: '#8a271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a271b;
$custom-light: #b46858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42663,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A271B

secondary

#45AFBC

accent

#D8EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A271B

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

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