#8B271E#8B271E

#8B271E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B271E
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 41.66, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 51.35, 35.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.1194 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.137 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6087, 7.0355, 1.9748)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B271E #1E828B

analogous

#8B1E4B #8B271E #8B5D1E

triadic

#8B271E #1E8B27 #271E8B

tetradic

#8B271E #4B8B1E #1E828B #5D1E8B

square

#8B271E #4B8B1E #1E828B #5D1E8B

split-complementary

#8B271E #1E8B5D #1E4B8B

monochromatic

#260B08 #591913 #8B271E #BD3529 #D8574B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8B271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B271E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B271E	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685a',
    500: '#8b271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b271e;
$custom-light: #b5685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.954,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4288,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B271E

secondary

#4AB1BB

accent

#DAE740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B271E

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

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