#8A271D#8A271D

#8A271D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A271D
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 41.27, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 51.22, 36.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1181 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.136 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4298, 6.9447, 1.9008)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A271D #1D808A

analogous

#8A1D49 #8A271D #8A5E1D

triadic

#8A271D #1D8A27 #271D8A

tetradic

#8A271D #498A1D #1D808A #5E1D8A

square

#8A271D #498A1D #1D808A #5E1D8A

split-complementary

#8A271D #1D8A5E #1D498A

monochromatic

#250A08 #571912 #8A271D #BD3528 #D95649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A271D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A271D	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685a',
    500: '#8a271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a271d;
$custom-light: #b4685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.505,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42686,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A271D

secondary

#48B0BB

accent

#D9E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A271D

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

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