#8B273A#8B273A

#8B273A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.134 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B273A
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 58)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 43.33, 12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 45.21, 16.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1305 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.134 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1378, 7.2472, 4.7619)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B273A #278B78

analogous

#8B276C #8B273A #8B4627

triadic

#8B273A #3A8B27 #273A8B

tetradic

#8B273A #6C8B27 #278B78 #46278B

square

#8B273A #6C8B27 #278B78 #46278B

split-complementary

#8B273A #278B46 #276C8B

monochromatic

#2B0C12 #5B1A26 #8B273A #BB344E #D15B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8B273A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B273A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B273A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B273A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B273A	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b273a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.134 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3696f',
    500: '#8b273a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b273a;
$custom-light: #b3696f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b273a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43388,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B273A

secondary

#58B6A4

accent

#DFC348

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B273A

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

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