#8A272F#8A272F

#8A272F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.133 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A272F
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 65.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 42.21, 19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 46.49, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.125 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.133 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7210, 7.0612, 3.4345)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A272F #278A82

analogous

#8A2760 #8A272F #8A5127

triadic

#8A272F #2F8A27 #272F8A

tetradic

#8A272F #608A27 #278A82 #51278A

square

#8A272F #608A27 #278A82 #51278A

split-complementary

#8A272F #278A51 #27608A

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5A1A1F #8A272F #BA343F #D15B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8A272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8A272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A272F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A272F	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)

#423E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980A2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.133 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36867',
    500: '#8a272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a272f;
$custom-light: #b36867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.152,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42969,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A272F

secondary

#57B6AE

accent

#DFD349

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A272F

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