#8A272D#8A272D

#8A272D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.133 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A272D
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 42.08, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 46.90, 26.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1241 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.133 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6816, 7.0455, 3.2269)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A272D #278A84

analogous

#8A275E #8A272D #8A5327

triadic

#8A272D #2D8A27 #272D8A

tetradic

#8A272D #5E8A27 #278A84 #53278A

square

#8A272D #5E8A27 #278A84 #53278A

split-complementary

#8A272D #278A53 #275E8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5A1A1D #8A272D #BA343D #D15B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8A272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A272D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A272D	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98092A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.133 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36865',
    500: '#8a272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a272d;
$custom-light: #b36865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42931,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A272D

secondary

#57B6B0

accent

#DFD649

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A272D

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

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