#8A273D#8A273D

#8A273D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.134 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A273D
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 61)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 55.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 43.24, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 44.56, 13.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.1308 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.134 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0501, 7.1929, 5.1678)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A273D #278A74

analogous

#8A276E #8A273D #8A4327

triadic

#8A273D #3D8A27 #273D8A

tetradic

#8A273D #6E8A27 #278A74 #43278A

square

#8A273D #6E8A27 #278A74 #43278A

split-complementary

#8A273D #278A43 #276E8A

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5A1A28 #8A273D #BA3452 #D15B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8A273D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A273D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A273D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A273D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A273D	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59533B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a273d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.134 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26972',
    500: '#8a273d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a273d;
$custom-light: #b26972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a273d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43286,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A273D

secondary

#57B6A1

accent

#DFBE49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A273D

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

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