#8A272E#8A272E

#8A272E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A272E
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 42.15, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 46.69, 25.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1246 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.133 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.7011, 7.0533, 3.3295)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A272E #278A83

analogous

#8A275F #8A272E #8A5227

triadic

#8A272E #2E8A27 #272E8A

tetradic

#8A272E #5F8A27 #278A83 #52278A

square

#8A272E #5F8A27 #278A83 #52278A

split-complementary

#8A272E #278A52 #275F8A

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5A1A1E #8A272E #BA343E #D15B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8A272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A272E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A272E	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980A2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36866',
    500: '#8a272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a272e;
$custom-light: #b36866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.758,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4295,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.07052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A272E

secondary

#57B6AF

accent

#DFD549

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A272E

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