#8B273E#8B273E

#8B273E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.135 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B273E
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 62)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 43.65, 10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 44.88, 13.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.1321 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.135 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2436, 7.2895, 5.3188)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B273E #278B74

analogous

#8B2770 #8B273E #8B4227

triadic

#8B273E #3E8B27 #273E8B

tetradic

#8B273E #708B27 #278B74 #42278B

square

#8B273E #708B27 #278B74 #42278B

split-complementary

#8B273E #278B42 #27708B

monochromatic

#2B0C13 #5B1A29 #8B273E #BB3453 #D15B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B273E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B273E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B273E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B273E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B273E	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b273e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.135 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26973',
    500: '#8b273e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b273e;
$custom-light: #b26973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b273e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43489,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B273E

secondary

#58B6A0

accent

#DFBD48

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B273E

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

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