#8B272E#8B272E

#8B272E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.134 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B272E
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 42.49, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 47.12, 25.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1255 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.134 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8674, 7.1390, 3.3373)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B272E #278B84

analogous

#8B2760 #8B272E #8B5227

triadic

#8B272E #2E8B27 #272E8B

tetradic

#8B272E #608B27 #278B84 #52278B

square

#8B272E #608B27 #278B84 #52278B

split-complementary

#8B272E #278B52 #27608B

monochromatic

#2B0C0E #5B1A1E #8B272E #BB343E #D15B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8B272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B272E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B272E	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99092A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.134 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36866',
    500: '#8b272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b272e;
$custom-light: #b36866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4313,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B272E

secondary

#58B6B0

accent

#DFD548

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B272E

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

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