#8A271E#8A271E

#8A271E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A271E
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 41.32, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 50.91, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1184 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.136 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4424, 6.9498, 1.9670)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A271E #1E818A

analogous

#8A1E4B #8A271E #8A5D1E

triadic

#8A271E #1E8A27 #271E8A

tetradic

#8A271E #4B8A1E #1E818A #5D1E8A

square

#8A271E #4B8A1E #1E818A #5D1E8A

split-complementary

#8A271E #1E8A5D #1E4B8A

monochromatic

#250B08 #581913 #8A271E #BC3529 #D8564B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8A271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8A271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A271E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A271E	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)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4685a',
    500: '#8a271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a271e;
$custom-light: #b4685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42699,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A271E

secondary

#4AB1BA

accent

#D9E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A271E

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