#8A271C#8A271C

#8A271C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A271C
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 41.24, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 51.53, 36.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1177 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.136 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.4177, 6.9399, 1.8367)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A271C #1C7F8A

analogous

#8A1C48 #8A271C #8A5E1C

triadic

#8A271C #1C8A27 #271C8A

tetradic

#8A271C #488A1C #1C7F8A #5E1C8A

square

#8A271C #488A1C #1C7F8A #5E1C8A

split-complementary

#8A271C #1C8A5E #1C488A

monochromatic

#240A07 #571912 #8A271C #BD3526 #DA5547

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8A271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A271C

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A271C	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)

#443D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46859',
    500: '#8a271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a271c;
$custom-light: #b46859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42674,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A271C

secondary

#46B0BB

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A271C

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

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