#8B272D#8B272D

#8B272D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.135 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B272D
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 42.42, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 47.34, 26.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.1251 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.135 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8479, 7.1312, 3.2347)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B272D #278B85

analogous

#8B275F #8B272D #8B5327

triadic

#8B272D #2D8B27 #272D8B

tetradic

#8B272D #5F8B27 #278B85 #53278B

square

#8B272D #5F8B27 #278B85 #53278B

split-complementary

#8B272D #278B53 #275F8B

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5B1A1E #8B272D #BB343C #D15B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8B272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B272D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B272D	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C532A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99082A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.135 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36865',
    500: '#8b272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b272d;
$custom-light: #b36865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43111,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B272D

secondary

#58B6B0

accent

#DFD648

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B272D

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

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