#8A272B#8A272B

#8A272B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.134 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A272B
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 41.97, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 47.36, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.1233 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.134 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6440, 7.0304, 3.0289)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A272B #278A86

analogous

#8A275C #8A272B #8A5527

triadic

#8A272B #2B8A27 #272B8A

tetradic

#8A272B #5C8A27 #278A86 #55278A

square

#8A272B #5C8A27 #278A86 #55278A

split-complementary

#8A272B #278A55 #275C8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0D #5A1A1C #8A272B #BA343A #D15B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8A272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A272B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A272B	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.134 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36864',
    500: '#8a272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a272b;
$custom-light: #b36864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.576,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42895,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A272B

secondary

#57B6B2

accent

#DFD949

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A272B

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

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