#8B271C#8B271C

#8B271C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B271C
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 41.58, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 51.96, 36.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.1187 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.137 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5839, 7.0256, 1.8445)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B271C #1C808B

analogous

#8B1C48 #8B271C #8B5E1C

triadic

#8B271C #1C8B27 #271C8B

tetradic

#8B271C #488B1C #1C808B #5E1C8B

square

#8B271C #488B1C #1C808B #5E1C8B

split-complementary

#8B271C #1C8B5E #1C488B

monochromatic

#250A07 #581912 #8B271C #BE3526 #DA5647

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8B271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B271C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B271C	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56859',
    500: '#8b271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b271c;
$custom-light: #b56859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.946,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42857,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B271C

secondary

#47B0BC

accent

#D8E93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B271C

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

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