#8A273E#8A273E

#8A273E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.134 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A273E
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 62)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 43.33, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 44.50, 13.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1312 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.134 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0773, 7.2037, 5.3110)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A273E #278A73

analogous

#8A276F #8A273E #8A4227

triadic

#8A273E #3E8A27 #273E8A

tetradic

#8A273E #6F8A27 #278A73 #42278A

square

#8A273E #6F8A27 #278A73 #42278A

split-complementary

#8A273E #278A42 #276F8A

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5A1A29 #8A273E #BA3453 #D15B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8A273E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A273E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A273E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A273E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A273E	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)

#3F3F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59533C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a273e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.134 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26973',
    500: '#8a273e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a273e;
$custom-light: #b26973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a273e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.061,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43312,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A273E

secondary

#57B6A0

accent

#DFBC49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A273E

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

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