#8A273F#8A273F

#8A273F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.134 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A273F
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 63)
HSL	hsl(345, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 54.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 43.41, 9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 44.44, 12.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1316 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.134 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1050, 7.2148, 5.4568)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A273F #278A72

analogous

#8A2770 #8A273F #8A4127

triadic

#8A273F #3F8A27 #273F8A

tetradic

#8A273F #708A27 #278A72 #41278A

square

#8A273F #708A27 #278A72 #41278A

split-complementary

#8A273F #278A41 #27708A

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5A1A29 #8A273F #BA3455 #D15B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8A273F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8A273F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A273F

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A273F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A273F	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59533D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a273f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.134 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16973',
    500: '#8a273f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a273f;
$custom-light: #b16973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a273f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.455,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43338,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A273F

secondary

#57B69F

accent

#DFBB49

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A273F

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

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