#8B271F#8B271F

#8B271F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.136 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B271F
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 41.71, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 51.05, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1197 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.136 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6216, 7.0407, 2.0431)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B271F #1F838B

analogous

#8B1F4D #8B271F #8B5D1F

triadic

#8B271F #1F8B27 #271F8B

tetradic

#8B271F #4D8B1F #1F838B #5D1F8B

square

#8B271F #4D8B1F #1F838B #5D1F8B

split-complementary

#8B271F #1F8B5D #1F4D8B

monochromatic

#270B09 #591914 #8B271F #BD352A #D7574D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8B271F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B271F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B271F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B271F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B271F	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b271f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.136 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5685b',
    500: '#8b271f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b271f;
$custom-light: #b5685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b271f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42893,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B271F

secondary

#4CB2BA

accent

#DAE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B271F

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

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