#8B271B#8B271B

#8B271B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B271B
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 41.55, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 52.27, 37.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1184 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.137 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5721, 7.0209, 1.7825)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B271B #1B7F8B

analogous

#8B1B47 #8B271B #8B5F1B

triadic

#8B271B #1B8B27 #271B8B

tetradic

#8B271B #478B1B #1B7F8B #5F1B8B

square

#8B271B #478B1B #1B7F8B #5F1B8B

split-complementary

#8B271B #1B8B5F #1B478B

monochromatic

#250A07 #581911 #8B271B #BE3525 #DB5545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8B271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B271B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B271B	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56858',
    500: '#8b271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b271b;
$custom-light: #b56858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42845,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B271B

secondary

#45B0BC

accent

#D8EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B271B

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

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