#8B273C#8B273C

#8B273C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.135 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B273C
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 60)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 56.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 43.49, 11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 45.03, 15.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1313 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.135 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1897, 7.2679, 5.0351)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B273C #278B76

analogous

#8B276E #8B273C #8B4427

triadic

#8B273C #3C8B27 #273C8B

tetradic

#8B273C #6E8B27 #278B76 #44278B

square

#8B273C #6E8B27 #278B76 #44278B

split-complementary

#8B273C #278B44 #276E8B

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5B1A27 #8B273C #BB3451 #D15B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8B273C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B273C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B273C

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B273C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B273C	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98102F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b273c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.135 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26971',
    500: '#8b273c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b273c;
$custom-light: #b26971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b273c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43438,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B273C

secondary

#58B6A2

accent

#DFC048

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B273C

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

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