#8A272A#8A272A

#8A272A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A272A
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 41.91, 22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 47.59, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.1229 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.134 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6259, 7.0232, 2.9335)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A272A #278A87

analogous

#8A275B #8A272A #8A5627

triadic

#8A272A #2A8A27 #272A8A

tetradic

#8A272A #5B8A27 #278A87 #56278A

square

#8A272A #5B8A27 #278A87 #56278A

split-complementary

#8A272A #278A56 #275B8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5A1A1B #8A272A #BA3439 #D15B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8A272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A272A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A272A	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36863',
    500: '#8a272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a272a;
$custom-light: #b36863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42877,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A272A

secondary

#57B6B3

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A272A

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

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