#8A273B#8A273B

#8A273B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.133 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A273B
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 43.08, 12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 44.72, 15.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.13 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.133 13)
XYZ	xyz(11.9973, 7.1717, 4.8894)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A273B #278A76

analogous

#8A276C #8A273B #8A4527

triadic

#8A273B #3B8A27 #273B8A

tetradic

#8A273B #6C8A27 #278A76 #45278A

square

#8A273B #6C8A27 #278A76 #45278A

split-complementary

#8A273B #278A45 #276C8A

monochromatic

#2B0C12 #5A1A27 #8A273B #BA344F #D15B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8A273B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8A273B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A273B

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A273B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A273B	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97112F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a273b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.133 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26970',
    500: '#8a273b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a273b;
$custom-light: #b26970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a273b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.879,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43235,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.0717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A273B

secondary

#57B6A3

accent

#DFC149

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A273B

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

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