#8B273D#8B273D

#8B273D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.135 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B273D
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 61)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 56.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 43.57, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 44.95, 14.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1317 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.135 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2164, 7.2786, 5.1756)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B273D #278B75

analogous

#8B276F #8B273D #8B4327

triadic

#8B273D #3D8B27 #273D8B

tetradic

#8B273D #6F8B27 #278B75 #43278B

square

#8B273D #6F8B27 #278B75 #43278B

split-complementary

#8B273D #278B43 #276F8B

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5B1A28 #8B273D #BB3452 #D15B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8B273D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B273D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B273D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B273D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B273D	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b273d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.135 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26972',
    500: '#8b273d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b273d;
$custom-light: #b26972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b273d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43463,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B273D

secondary

#58B6A1

accent

#DFBE48

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B273D

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

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