#8A273C#8A273C

#8A273C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A273C
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 60)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 56.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 43.16, 11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 44.64, 14.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.1304 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.133 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0235, 7.1822, 5.0273)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A273C #278A75

analogous

#8A276D #8A273C #8A4427

triadic

#8A273C #3C8A27 #273C8A

tetradic

#8A273C #6D8A27 #278A75 #44278A

square

#8A273C #6D8A27 #278A75 #44278A

split-complementary

#8A273C #278A44 #276D8A

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5A1A27 #8A273C #BA3451 #D15B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8A273C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A273C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A273C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A273C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A273C	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59533A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97112F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a273c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26971',
    500: '#8a273c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a273c;
$custom-light: #b26971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a273c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.273,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4326,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A273C

secondary

#57B6A2

accent

#DFBF49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A273C

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

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